Tipton is a city in Moniteau County, Missouri, United States.

Tipton was a predominantly German-American community, in the region known as the Missouri Weinstrasse.

[5] Tipton was an eastern terminus of the Butterfield Overland Mail when it was launched in 1858.

[6][7] From Tipton, a stage went to Fort Smith, Arkansas (where another branch from Memphis also entered).

From there, it went on to Los Angeles and San Francisco via a route through southern Arizona and New Mexico.

[8] [9] The Maclay Mansion was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

The tower originated in 1968, when Ewald Fischer (a native of Tipton) built his billiard table factory—Fischer Manufacturing Co., which claimed to be the largest builder of pool tables in the United States.

Today, the water tower is generally regarded as the world's largest eight-ball.

Versailles is 17 miles (27 km) south on Route 5 in Morgan County.

32.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

32.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Missouri Training School for Negro Girls, a juvenile correctional facility for black girls operated by the Missouri State Board of Training Schools, was located in Tipton.