Tipton is an unincorporated community in Champaign County, Illinois, United States.

Tipton is located along a railroad line south of St. Joseph.

Tipton is said to have been named after Tip Peters, who was a local farmer and lived next to the railroad tracks on his farm.

The Peters-Thompson Cemetery is a small cemetery in the corner of a farm field and contains some of the original settlers of this area.

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