[2] The county has four incorporated towns with a total population of about 7,000,[3] as well as many small unincorporated communities.

[7] Before the arrival of non-indigenous settlers in the early 19th century, the area was inhabited by several Native American tribes.

Prior to the arrival of non-indigenous settlers in the 1830s, the area of Tipton County was inhabited by the Miami and Delaware tribes.

Tipton served as United States Senator for Indiana from 1831 until shortly before his death in 1839.

He had taken over the Indiana Statehouse project when architect Edwin May died in 1880; five years after the completion of that project in 1888, Scherrer began work on the Tipton building, which was built of sandstone in a Romanesque style with a clock tower of 206 feet elevation including the flagstaff on top.

[14] Prior to settlement by non-indigenous people, it was mostly covered with dense forests consisting of oak, beech, maple, walnut, hickory, sycamore and tulip trees.

The southern part of the county has better natural drainage, and this area was first cleared for agriculture.

Much of the rest of the county tended to be swampy due to the level ground and lack of sufficient natural waterways, so drainage channels had to be dug to make the land suitable for farming.

[3] Tipton County is in the humid continental climate region of the United States along with most of Indiana.

Its Köppen climate classification is Dfa,[23] meaning that it is cold, has no dry season, and has a hot summer.

[22] From 1950 through 2009, 13 tornadoes were reported in Tipton County, resulting in two deaths and several injuries; the total estimated property damage was over $3 million.

[34] Tipton County's economy is supported by a labor force of about 7700 workers with an unemployment rate in December 2015 of 3.8%.

[36] The early settlers raised corn, wheat, oats, rye, flax, and potatoes, with alfalfa in the prairie areas.

[39] That organization eventually failed and finally, the Tipton County Fair Company was formed in 1879.

The council members serve four-year terms and are responsible for setting salaries, the annual budget and special spending.

The board executes the acts legislated by the council, collects revenue, and manages the day-to-day running of county government.

The judge on the court is elected to a term of four years and must be a member of the Indiana Bar Association.

[44] The county has several other elected offices, including sheriff, coroner, auditor, treasurer, recorder, surveyor and circuit court clerk.

Each of these elected officers serves a term of four years and oversees a different part of county government.

[44] Each township has a trustee who administers rural fire protection and ambulance service, provides poor relief and manages cemetery care, among other duties.

There were five high schools located across the township in Sharpsville, Tipton, Kempton, Goldsmith and Windfall.

Fisher bought the paper and changed its name to the Tipton County Times.

[54] The paper's name was changed again in 1862 to the Democratic Union, and then back to the Tipton County Times in 1869.