Tipton is a city in Moniteau County, Missouri, United States. The population was 3,262 at the 2010 census. It is share of the Jefferson City, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Tipton was a predominately a German-American community, in the Missouri Weinstrasse. Tipton was an eastern terminus of the Butterfield Overland Mail behind it was launched in 1858. The route was joined to St. Louis by the Pacific Railroad. Tipton is named for William Tipton Seely, a businessman in easily reached Round Hill. He expected the estate for his encouragement in the War of 1812. From Tipton, a stage went to Fort Smith, Arkansas (where complementary branch from Memphis also entered). From there, it went upon to Los Angeles and San Francisco via a route through southern Arizona and New Mexico. The first manage went from Tipton to San Francisco from September 16 to October 10, 1858. The route antedated the Pony Express by two years. Per a 2009 Congressional mandate, the National Park Service is studying whether to give the route a National Historic Trail.

The Maclay Mansion was listed upon the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

The city of Tipton has a water tower painted in the impression of an “eight ball”. This water tower originated in 1968, when Ewald Fischer (a original of Tipton) built his billiard table factory—Fischer Manufacturing Co., which claimed to be the largest builder of pool tables in the United States. The company was purchased by the Spalding Company and the forest soon closed afterward Spalding sold it in 1976 to Ebonite Billiard, which was a secondary of Fuqua Companies. By then, the water tower was repainted. However, the residents of Tipton wanted to have the eight ball back, so it was painted again. Today, the water tower is generally regarded as the world’s largest eight ball.