Tipton Times

Tipton Times
Type Weekly Newspaper
Owner(s) Vernon Publishing
Founded 1877
Headquarters Tipton, Missouri, United States
Circulation 6,700
Website https://www.vernonpublishing.com/Times/News;jsessionid=C9F7CD77BC9A67790EC4B959D64F7442

The Tipton Times is a weekly newspaper serving Moniteau County, Missouri of Missouri state. It is named after Tipton, Missouri, where the paper was founded in 1877 by Abel Marcy. [1]

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.[1]

As of 2018 the paper's circulation was 6700.[2]

Vernon Publishing currently owns and prints The Tipton Times, along with 6 other mid-Missouri papers.[3] Originally, started by newspaper printer Wallace G. Vernon, Vernon Publishing has lasted three generations of printing weekly papers in mid-Missouri.[4]

References

  1. 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.
  2. ↑ Vernon Publishing. "Maps, Circulation Map of Tipton Times". The Tipton Times Online. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
  3. ↑ Matthew Barba (2013-06-13). "Hickory County's Index newspaper purchased by Vernon Publishing". buffaloreflex.com. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
  4. ↑ 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.


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