Kipton is a village in Lorain County, Ohio, United States.

Kipton was platted around 1852 by Wm.W.Whitney[4] in anticipation of a new railroad route being laid out through his farm.

Kipton was the site of a famous train wreck on April 18, 1891,[5] which was caused by railroad engineers' watches not being in sync; and led to the adoption of stringent quality-control standards for railroad chronometers in 1893.

An Ohio Historical marker in Kipton Community Park notes the details of the collision.

The racial makeup of the village was 98.49% White, 0.75% African American, and 0.75% from two or more races.

22.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

About 2.4% of families and 4.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.3% of those under the age of eighteen and 7.7% of those 65 or over.