Tipton City, Indiana

Street Department

The Tipton Street Department is responsible for maintaining the city’s streets, sidewalks, and alleys and performing seasonal leaf pick and snow removal.

In addition, it replaces and maintains traffic signs, provides trash pickup, curbside recycling, and yard waste disposal, and is a resource for Fairview Cemetery and the Park Department, for which it supplies equipment, labor, experience, and general information.

The Tipton Street Department was established around 1872 and undertook a series of major street improvements. Originally, Tipton’s streets were made of dirt and gravel. In 1890, Tipton became the first town in the state with a street paved entirely of brick. Today, many of our city streets are underlain by those original bricks.

Municipal Services Superintendent Dylan Dietrick directs the department, which is housed in the city garage, 500 Green Street, and is open from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on weekdays.

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