Tipton is a small unincorporated community in Monroe County, Illinois, United States. It grew up around the Cambria Station on the St. Louis and Cairo Railroad. The community there, settled by persons of Irish descent was called Tipperary, which degenerated over time through Tiptown, to the current Tipton.
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Illinois Metro-East region
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- MidAmerica St. Louis Airport
- St. Louis Downtown Airport
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- Kaskaskia College
- Lewis and Clark Community College
- Blackburn College
- McKendree University
- Principia College
- Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
- Southwestern Illinois College
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- Gateway Grizzlies (baseball: Frontier League)
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