Mitchell, Georgia

Mitchell is a town in Glascock County, Georgia, United States. The population was 199 at the 2010 census,<ref name="Census 2010">Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore</ref> and 153 in 2020. Mitchell is home to the Mitchell Depot Historical Museum.

History

Mitchell had its start in the 1880s, when the railroad was extended to that point.<ref name="Names">Template:Cite book</ref> The community was named after R. M. Mitchell, a railroad official.<ref name="Names" />

The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Mitchell as a town in 1896.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

The town was profiled in an article in The Los Angeles Times in 1978, with a reporter describing it as "a town that harks back to a simpler, more innocent America of a century ago," and noting that "The folks who live here in east-central Georgia's picturesque countryside know one another so well tha the wife of the former mayor called the community 'one big security blanket' <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Geography

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Mitchell's former railroad depot, now the Mitchell Depot Historical Museum, is located along Georgia Highway 102 in downtown Mitchell.

Mitchell is located in western Glascock County at the intersection of State Routes 102 and 123. SR 102 leads east Template:Convert to Gibson, the Glascock County seat, and southwest Template:Convert to Sandersville, while SR 123 leads northwest Template:Convert to Sparta.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of Mitchell has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert, or 0.42%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/> It is located Template:Convert east of the Ogeechee River.

Demographics

As of the census<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 173 people, 72 households, and 51 families residing in the town. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 77 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the town was 83.82% White and 16.18% African American. By 2020, its population declined to 153.

See also

• Central Savannah River Area

References

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External links

• The News and Farmer and Wadley Herald/ Jefferson Reporter, the county's weekly newspaper and the oldest weekly newspaper in Georgia.