Tipton Times

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Tipton Times
Type Weekly newspaper
Owner(s)Vernon Publishing
Founder(s)Abel Marcy
Founded1877
HeadquartersTipton, Missouri, United States
Circulation 1,465 [1]
Website vernonpublishing.com/Times/News

The Tipton Times is a weekly newspaper serving the city of Tipton, Missouri and Moniteau County. It was founded in 1877 by Abel Marcy. [2]

Marcy's sons and widow maintained the paper after his death in July, 1884 and sold the paper to Walt M. Monroe in November, 1885. [2]

In 2018, the paper's circulation was 6,700. [3]

Vernon Publishing currently owns and prints The Tipton Times, along with 6 other mid-Missouri papers. [4] Originally, started by newspaper printer Wallace G. Vernon, Vernon Publishing has lasted three generations of printing weekly papers in mid-Missouri. [5]

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References

  1. "Tipton Times". Missouri Press Association. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  2. 1 2 "History of Cole, Moniteau, Morgan, Benton, Miller, Maries and Osage counties, Missouri". History of Cole, Moniteau, Morgan, Benton, Miller, Maries and Osage counties, Missouri. 1889. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
  3. Vernon Publishing. "Maps, Circulation Map of Tipton Times". The Tipton Times Online. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
  4. Matthew Barba (2013-06-13). "Hickory County's Index newspaper purchased by Vernon Publishing". buffaloreflex.com. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
  5. Ray Brassieur (1997-03-05). "An Interview with Wallace G. Vernon at his newspaper office in Eldon, Missouri" (PDF). Oral History Program The State Historical Society of Missouri. Retrieved 2018-07-24.