Kipton, Ohio

Kipton is a village in Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The population was 243 at the 2010 census.HistoryKipton was platted in 1852 when the railroad was extended to that point.Kipton was once a stop along the Southern Division of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad; however, the line was abandoned and pulled up in 1976. This line is now a rail trail, with Kipton at the western end of the trail, the North Coast Inland Trail. The path travels east from Kipton and then curves northeast, going through Oberlin and continuing on to Elyria. There is a small park in Kipton where the path terminates.On this line, Kipton was the site of a famous train wreck on April 18, 1891, which was caused by railroad engineers' watches not being in sync and led to the adoption of stringent quality-control standards for railroad chronometers in 1893.GeographyKipton is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.45sqmi, of which 0.44sqmi is land and 0.01sqmi is water.