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Welcome to Tiptop ...

Tiptop is located in Magoffin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tiptop, you might consider that their post office opened in 1926.

Tiptop is 1,030 feet [314 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Tiptop lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Tiptop: 606

Communities Also Named Tiptop ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Tiptop - they are located in North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Tiptop.

Communities near Tiptop ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Tiptop.

  • Paintsville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Prestonsburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Jackson
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Salyersville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Hindman
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Martin
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Wayland
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Wayland is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
  • Allen
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Allen is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
    • Allen has also been known as:
    • Beaver Creek Junction
    • Beaver Creek
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allen <3>
  • Royalton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Royalton is located in Magoffin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
  • Sublett
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Sublett is located in Magoffin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublett

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Tiptop. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Tiptop.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Tiptop. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tiptop.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Tiptop. See our Newspapers Page for Tiptop.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tiptop ...

Looking for more information about Tiptop? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Tiptop, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Tiptop.

Adding Tiptop to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Tiptop in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Tiptop was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Tiptop post office opened in 1926. The Tiptop post office closed in 1957.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tiptop.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Magoffin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Tiptop - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/