Tipton, OK

Tipton is a town in the western part of Tillman County, Oklahoma, United States. The 2020 census counted 864 residents. Tipton also is home to Tipton Home, originally called Tipton Orphans' Home, a home for children, established in 1921, when Sol and Maggie Tipton donated a plot of land in Canadian, Texas to the founders. The Tipton Church of Christ moved the home to Tipton in 1924, where it still operated into the 21st century. In Tipton, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture.

The map tells the story in Tipton, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places. The community was originally called Farmersville, but the name was changed to Stinson, honoring W. Stinson who owned the townsite. Tipton lies on the northern portion of the Tillman Terrace Aquifer, an alluvial aquifer in western Tillman County, associated with the southern extent of the North Fork of the Red River.