30 topographic sheets cover 16 settlements here, and 3 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.
3 National Register listings published here · the county-history sources tell 3 stories and name 1 person · people the book names include Tipton Count V. Ixdiaxl (Cicero Township, 1914) (machine-read).
Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the National Register database, National Park Service
Among them: Hunting And Amusements; Cholera Epidemic; Town Notes. These passages come from the identified county-history source books. Each inset names its own source and opens the exact section it comes from.
The early game of the township was exceedingly plentiful; a farmer or settler never gave thought to the putting up of meat for the winter in the late fall, as the modern agriculturist does. There was always food within gunshot, necessitating but a few yards' walk from the cabin door. Deer, squirrels, wild turkeys, raccoons, mink, opossums and musk rats were to be seen on every side; in the territory near Cicero creek, black bears were fre¬ quently seen, and as often shot, their meat used for food and the thick skins for covering and protection against the severe weather.
By the year 1854 the people were in a contented state of mind. Ague and fever had been prevalent, it is true, due to the condition of the country, but. aside from these "shakings and burnings," there had been no alarming sickness. Near August 1, 1854, cholera seized upon the town, scourged the inhabitants, drove them from their homes, and began to fill rapidly the small graveyards.
Windfall has been the scene of many crimes in the past, before law and order had been sufficiently well established. In the year 1865 one Noble Goff was murdered in his bed, by an assassin who used a large, old-fashioned hatchet. Goff had at one time been a respectable citizen, but in later years had fallen into heavy dissipation and had made many enemies.
Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.
| Photograph | Property | Type | Listed | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Tipton County Courthouse | building | 1984 | 84001665 |
 | Tipton County Jail and Sheriff's Home | building | 1984 | 84001667 |
| Tipton Courthouse Square Historic District | district | 2026 | 100012521 |
The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 155 reports for this county, causing 2 deaths, 13 injuries and about $8,927,350 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 88 |
| Hail | 36 |
| Tornado | 14 |
| Flood | 10 |
| Flash Flood | 7 |
The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1953 | Tornado (F3) | not stated | 1 killed, 6 hurt, $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| June 1980 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | 1 killed, 5 hurt | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharpsville | 1 hurt, $10,000 | A tree fell on a truck near the intersection of County Roads 300 West and 700 North due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Report came in via e-spotter. There is an unknown number of injuries, but the report implies at least one. |
| June 1958 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | 1 hurt, $2,500 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | Windfall | $5,100,000 | no account filed |
| June 1980 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| April 1975 | Tornado (F0) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goldsmith | $150,000 | A pole barn and trees were damaged by thunderstorm wind gusts. Nearby a garage roof was blown off and a fence was blown down. Numerous pictures showed visibility greatly reduced by dust from the strong winds. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tipton | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tipton | $85,000 | Thunderstorm winds collapsed a farm building, landing on farm equipment inside, near the intersection of Division and Meridian Roads. Nearby, a large evergreen tree and large shed were damaged. A large tree blew down onto a house on North West Street. A trailer at Country Living Trailer Park was heavily damaged by a large tree. The Tipton County Jail's radio tower folded over the top of the jail. SR 19 south of Tipton was closed due to downed utility lines. Billboards were damaged and shingles were blown off a storage unit in town. Large limbs, trees, sheds, barns, and other damages were found throughout the general area. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharpsville | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew over a semi truck on US Highway 31, 3 miles southwest of Sharpsville, while a tree was downed onto a house in Tipton. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tipton | $50,000 | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | New Lancaster | $32,000 | A large barn and two outbuildings were damaged due to an EF1 tornado. This is a continuation of the Hamilton County EF2 tornado. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nevada | $25,000 | Ten power poles snapped due to thunderstorm wind gusts. A travel trailer was also overturned and slammed into the side of a house. Location is approximate. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharpsville | $25,000 | A barn wall was blown out with several trees snapped and down on the property due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| April 1987 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 1979 | Tornado (F0) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| April 1968 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 1965 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| March 1956 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kempton | $20,000 | Multiple reports of damage came in from throughout the county due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goldsmith | $20,000 | Two outbuildings were damaged, with one of the two being destroyed, due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Moderate damage also occurred to a home. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goldsmith | $15,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts flipped a semi-truck on US 31. |
| September 2020 | Flood | Windfall | $10,000 | Standing water across several roads in the town of Windfall. A car stalled in standing water along State Road 213. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tipton | $10,000 | WISH-TV reported tents for the Tipton County Pork Festival had major damage due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Some of the vendors' personal tents were also damaged. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kempton | $10,000 | no account filed |
| February 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tipton | $7,000 | Roof damage was observed on the west side of town due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Extensive power outages were noted as well. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tipton | $6,000 | A tree was downed on a home in Tipton due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groomville | $5,000 | Multiple trees damaged by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Union | $5,000 | Several shingles from roof and roof's overhanging soffit blown off by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Windfall | $5,000 | Multiple tree limbs and various backyard items blown away by thunderstorm wind gusts. Live power line was wrapped around a trampoline. Tree was also reported on fire. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tipton | $5,000 | Utility lines were blown down at the intersection of 1100 West and Division Road due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| November 2013 | Tornado (EF1) | New Lancaster | $5,000 | At 1605EST, this EF-1 tornado touched down a half mile south-southwest of Atlanta. The tornado tracked through the town of Atlanta, producing damage to structures in town. At 1607EST, the tornado path crossed into south-central Tipton County and ended to the east of Cicero Creek, just north of the Hamilton-Tipton County line at 1608EST. Mainly trees were damaged in Tipton County. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hobbs | $5,000 | A roof was damaged in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kempton | $5,000 | Trees were downed in Kempton due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| February 2008 | Flood | Tipton | $5,000 | Some creeks were out of their banks and flood waters were covering roads due to heavy rain. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharpsville | $3,000 | Three trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Power outages were also reported. |
| February 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tipton | $3,000 | An aluminum outbuilding was destroyed on the west side of the Tipton due damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tipton | $2,000 | A 4.5-inch diameter pine tree was downed by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kempton | $2,000 | Power pole snapped by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Windfall | $2,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a large tree limb. It caused minor damage to a house. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Lancaster | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree and utility lines. |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groomville | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tipton | $1,500 | Carts rolled into and scraped cars at the local Marsh store. Also, a stop sign based in concrete blew over and was possibly dragged due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tipton | $1,000 | Small tree limbs downed due to thunderstorm wind gusts along State Road 26. Pea sized hail also reported at this time. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jacksons | $1,000 | Two trees downed due to thunderstorm wind gusts across County Roads 550W and 500W. |
| May 2013 | Flood | Tipton | $1,000 | Road flooding was reported from the southern part of the county due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall. Some roads were impassable. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hobbs | $1,000 | A tree was reported down at the intersection of County Roads 100 North and 200 East due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Winds were estimated at 65 mph. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Tipton | $1,000 | Street flooding, multiple inches deep in some locations, was observed in Tipton due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall. |
| April 2013 | Flood | Tipton | $1,000 | Multiple reports of flooding came in from across the county due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall. |
| September 2012 | Flood | Tipton | $1,000 | Street flooding was occurring in downtown Tipton due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Sharpsville | $1,000 | A few streets were reported closed due to high water in Kokomo. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tipton | $1,000 | Power lines were downed. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tipton | $1,000 | Trees down |
| May 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Tipton | $1,000 | Sharpsville Fire Department reported a tornado briefly touched down in a field at U.S. 31 and County Road 300N. Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down in the vicinity of Sharpsville. |
| October 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Windfall | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ekin | $750 | A 16 inch, partially dead tree was blown down due to strong thunderstorm wind gusts. A wind gust at the time was measured at 48 mph. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharpsville | $750 | Power lines were downed in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tipton | $750 | Utility lines were downed due to strong thunderstorm wind gusts on West Jefferson Street. This report was received from the public and relayed by the fire department. Emergency services estimate the winds in the are were about 50 mph at the time. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Windfall | $600 | An empty 500 gallon capacity water tank was blown approximately 1000 feet due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
The Survey's mineral resources record lists 2 workings inside this county. All of them still produce. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.
| Commodity | Workings |
|---|---|
| Stone | 1 |
| Sand and Gravel, Construction | 1 |
The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tipton Co. Hwy. Dept. | Stone | Producer | ||
| Windfall Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
History of Tipton County Indiana devotes a chapter to each township: its boundaries and streams, who settled it and when, the mills, the schools and the churches. All 6 are reproduced here in full. Each row shows the township's own shape and where it lies in the county, drawn from the Census Bureau's boundary. Which settlements belong to which township is computed from that same boundary, not taken from the book.
| Shape and position in the county | Township | Settlements in it | Length | Sections |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cicero Township | Jacksons, Tipton | 9,569 words | 29 | |
| Jefferson Township | East Union, Ekin, Goldsmith, Kempton, Normanda, Tetersburg | 4,049 words | 5 | |
| Liberty Township | Nevada, Sharpsville | 3,277 words | 6 | |
| Madison Township | Curtisville, Hobbs, New Lancaster | 2,603 words | 4 | |
| Prairie Township | Groomsville | 2,867 words | 2 | |
| Wildcat Township | Windfall | 4,082 words | 8 |
One book written about this county, cut here where the book itself is cut, at its printed chapters: 15 chapters in all. Every chapter is public domain, machine-read from the scan and reproduced complete. A chapter already given under one of the county's towns is not repeated in this list.
| Chapter | Length |
|---|---|
| Indian Tribes | 9,316 words |
| Chapter 3: Early Settlement | 3,953 words |
| Chapter 4: Organization and Government | 6,339 words |
| Chapter 7: Military History | 10,101 words |
| Chapter 8: Political History | 1,364 words |
| Chapter 9: The Bench and Bar | 1,965 words |
| Chapter 10: The Medical Profession | 2,020 words |
| Chapter 11: Education | 4,486 words |
| Chapter 12: Church History | 7,415 words |
| Chapter 13: Agriculture | 2,569 words |
| Chapter 14: Journalism in Tipton County | 2,374 words |
| Chapter 15: Lodges and Societies | 2,130 words |
| Chapter 16: Tipjon County Banks | 650 words |
| Chapter 17: Miscellaneous Items | 7,498 words |
| Biographical sketches | 164,999 words in 11 parts |
Everyone History of Tipton County Indiana stops to write about, with the section that describes them. Among them are the men who founded the place and governed the Territory. Each name opens the passage itself, in the words of 1914.
Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.
Liberty township · 46068 · On Mud Creek · Kokomo East quadrangle
10 sheets, 1953 to 1984
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