The 1854 Gazetteer of the United States by Thomas Baldwin shows:

TIPTON, a county in the N. central part of Indiana, contains 280 square miles. It is drained by Cicero and Buck creeks. The surface is level, and the soil fertile. The staples are wheat, Indian corn, oats, and grass. In 1850 this county produced 151,961 bushels of corn; 8487 of wheat; 7715 of oats, and 913 tons of hay. It contained 1 church, and 264 pupils attending public schools. This county, which formed part of the Miami Reservation, was organized in 1844, and is settling rapidly. It is traversed by the Peru and Indianapolis, and by the Chicago and Cincinnati railroads. The name was given in honor of General John Tipton, United States senator from Indiana. Capital, Tipton. Population, 3532.