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Tipton County
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county in Tennessee, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Tennessee
- Founded
- October 29, 1823
- Named after
- Jacob Tipton, 18th-century soldier
- Seat
- Covington
- Largest city
- Atoka
- Total
- 473 sq mi (1,230 km )
- Land
- 458 sq mi (1,190 km )
- Water
- 15 sq mi (39 km ) 3.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 62,287
- Density
- 133/sq mi (51/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional districts
- 8th , 9th
- Website
- www .tiptonco .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Tipton County is a county located on the western end of the U.S. state of Tennessee, in the Mississippi Delta region. As of the 2020 census, the population was 60,970. Its county seat is Covington. Tipton County, founded in 1823, is part of the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tipton County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.