TIPTON A flourishing city of Moniteau county, Willow Fork township, on the Pacific Railroad, and on the line of the proposed Osage Valley and Southern Kansas Railroad, 12 miles from California the county seat, 163 from St. Louis, and 38 miles from Jefferson City. It was first settled in 1820 by Col. W. Howard, Sen. It contains one Baptist church, one Masonic Lodge, one Lodge I. O. O. F., one carding machine, one carriage and wagon manufactory, one chair maker, two clothing stores, four commission and forwarding houses, three crockery and china stores, two drug stores, three dry goods stores, one express office, one steam flouring mill, one foundery and machine shop, four general stores, three grocery stores, one gunsmith, one hardware store, one hat and cap store, one leather and findings, two hotels, one jeweler, two livery stables, two lumber yards, two sash and blind factories, one steam saw mill, two seminaries, and one stove and tin store. Population of city and township 5,000. (Missouri State Gazetteer..., 1860)