Tipton (/ˈtɪptən/) is a city in Cedar County, Iowa, United States.

[7] The Iowa Southwestern RR, organized in 1870, planned to connect with the Chicago & North Western to the north but failed, even with the help of the Chicago Burlington & Quincy and considerable construction activity.

[8] Meanwhile the Tipton & Stanwood RR, organized in 1858, had been trying unsuccessfully for years to connect with the Chicago Iowa & Nebraska RR building from Clinton to Cedar Rapids.

The CI&N was in fact the road that had by the 1870s become the C&NW, 8.5 miles to the north of Tipton.

[9] Finally in 1872 the C&NW decided to assist the T&S and make the connection.

[13] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.09 square miles (5.41 km2), all land.

There were 1,404 housing units at an average density of 770.8 per square mile (297.6/km2).

There were 1,510 housing units at an average density of 722.5 per square mile (279.0/km2).

There were 1,505 housing units at an average density of 743.9 per square mile (287.2/km2).

Hispanic or Latino persons of any race comprised 2.6% of the population.

The Chicago & Northwestern served Tipton via a spur line from Stanwood to the north.

This line ran east and west through the southern part of Tipton and was abandoned in the 1950s.