Tipton Times Explained

Tipton Times
Type:Weekly newspaper
Foundation:1877
Owners:Vernon Publishing
Founder:Abel Marcy
Circulation:1,465
Circulation Ref:[1]
Headquarters:Tipton, Missouri, United States

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

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tipton Times . 2023-04-10 . Missouri Press Association . en-US.
  2. Web site: 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. 2018-07-04.
  3. Web site: Maps, Circulation Map of Tipton Times. Vernon Publishing. The Tipton Times Online. 2018-07-24.
  4. Web site: Hickory County’s Index newspaper purchased by Vernon Publishing. Matthew Barba. buffaloreflex.com. 2013-06-13. 2018-07-24.
  5. Web site: An Interview with Wallace G. Vernon at his newspaper office in Eldon, Missouri. Ray Brassieur. Oral History Program The State Historical Society of Missouri. 1997-03-05. 2018-07-24.

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