Editing Mitchell County, Georgia

{{Short description|County in Georgia, United States}}
{{Distinguish|Mitchell, Georgia}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Mitchell County
 | state                = Georgia
 | seal                 = 
 | founded              = {{start date and age|1857}}
 | seat wl              = Camilla
 | largest city wl      = Camilla
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 514
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 512
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 1.7
 | area percentage      = 0.3%
 | census yr            = 2020
 | pop                  = 21755
 | density_sq_mi        = 42
 | time zone            = Eastern
 | ex image             = Mitchell County Courthouse (South face).JPG
 | ex image cap         = Mitchell County Courthouse (Built 1936), Camilla
 | web                  = http://www.mitchellcountyga.net/
 | district             = 2nd
}}

'''Mitchell County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 21,755.<ref>{{cite web|title=Census - Geography Profile: Mitchell County, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Mitchell_County,_Georgia?g=0500000US13205|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 27, 2022}}</ref> The [[county seat]] is [[Camilla, Georgia|Camilla]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> Mitchell County was created on December 21, 1857.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/m.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030718111032/http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/m.pdf |archive-date=July 18, 2003 |url-status=live| title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=149 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref>

== Etymology ==
Sources conflict as to whether Mitchell County was named for [[David Brydie Mitchell]], the 27th Governor of Georgia, or for Henry Mitchell, a general in the Revolutionary War.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/mitchell-county|title=New Georgia Encyclopedia|quote=It was named either for Henry Mitchell, a general in the Revolutionary War (1775-83), or for David B. Mitchell, who served twice as Georgia's governor in the early 1800s; historical sources differ.}}</ref> However, it is most likely that the county was named for General Henry Mitchell, as a [[Georgia historical markers|marker]] outside of the Mitchell County Courthouse says, "However, the Georgia Laws of 1857 (pages 38-40), creating Mitchell County, say the county was named in honor of Gen. Henry Mitchell...."<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/historical_architecture_main/5081/|title=University of North Florida Digital Commons|journal=George Lansing Taylor Collection Main Gallery |date=March 18, 2010 |quote=Some historians say that the county was named for David B. Mitchell, Governor of Georgia in 1809-13 and again in 1815-17, and that Camilla was named for daughter. However, the Georgia Laws of 1857 (pages 38-40), creating Mitchell County, say the county was named in honor of Gen. Henry Mitchell, who was born in 1760 and died in 1839|last1=Taylor |first1=George }}</ref>

== History ==
Mitchell County was created out of Baker County on December 21, 1857. It is the state's 123rd county.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/topics/counties/mitchell|title=Counties }}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|514|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|512|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|1.7|sqmi}} (0.3%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

The bulk of Mitchell County is located in the Lower [[Flint River (Georgia)|Flint River]] sub-basin of the [[ACF River Basin]] (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin). The county's southeastern corner, bordered by a line from [[Sale City, Georgia|Sale City]] southwest through [[Pelham, Georgia|Pelham]], is located in the Lower [[Ochlockonee River]] sub-basin of the same Ochlockonee River basin.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gaswcc.georgia.gov/news-events/gis-mapping |title=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission Interactive Mapping Experience |publisher=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission. Retrieved April 26, 2023. }}</ref>

===Major highways===
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* [[File:US 19.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 19 in Georgia|U.S. Route 19]]
* [[File:Georgia 3.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 3|State Route 3]]
* [[File:Georgia 37.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 37|State Route 37]]
* [[File:Georgia 37 Connector.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 37 Connector (Camilla)|State Route 37 Connector]]
* [[File:Georgia 65.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 65|State Route 65]]
* [[File:Georgia 93.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 93|State Route 93]]
* [[File:Georgia 97.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 97|State Route 97]]
* [[File:Georgia 111.svg|23px]] [[Georgia State Route 111|State Route 111]]
* [[File:Georgia 112.svg|23px]] [[Georgia State Route 112|State Route 112]]
* [[File:Georgia 262.svg|23px]] [[Georgia State Route 262|State Route 262]]
* [[File:Georgia 270.svg|23px]] [[Georgia State Route 270|State Route 270]]
* [[File:Georgia 300.svg|23px]] [[Georgia State Route 300|State Route 300]]
* [[File:Georgia 311.svg|23px]] [[Georgia State Route 311|State Route 311]]
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===Adjacent counties===
* [[Dougherty County, Georgia|Dougherty County]] (north)
* [[Worth County, Georgia|Worth County]] (northeast)
* [[Colquitt County, Georgia|Colquitt County]] (east)
* [[Thomas County, Georgia|Thomas County]] (southeast)
* [[Grady County, Georgia|Grady County]] (south)
* [[Decatur County, Georgia|Decatur County]] (southwest)
* [[Baker County, Georgia|Baker County]] (west)

==Communities==
===Cities===
* [[Baconton, Georgia|Baconton]]
* [[Camilla, Georgia|Camilla]]
* [[Meigs, Georgia|Meigs]] (partly in [[Thomas County, Georgia|Thomas County]])
* [[Pelham, Georgia|Pelham]]

===Towns===
* [[Sale City, Georgia|Sale City]]

===Unincorporated communities===
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* [[Adelaide, Georgia|Adelaide]]
* [[Branchville, Georgia|Branchville]]
* [[Cotton, Georgia|Cotton]]
* [[DeWitt, Georgia|DeWitt]]
* [[Flint, Georgia|Flint]]
* [[Greenough, Georgia|Greenough]]
* [[Greenwood, Georgia|Greenwood]]
* [[Hinsonton, Georgia|Hinsonton]]
* [[Hopeful, Georgia|Hopeful]]
* [[Laney, Georgia|Laney]]
* [[Lester, Georgia|Lester]]
* [[Pebble City, Georgia|Pebble City]]
* [[Petty, Georgia|Petty]]
* [[Rogerville, Georgia|Rogerville]]
* [[Saco, Georgia|Saco]]
* [[Vada, Georgia|Vada]] (partly in [[Decatur County, Georgia|Decatur County]])
{{div col end}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1860 = 4308
| 1870 = 6633
| 1880 = 9392
| 1890 = 10906
| 1900 = 14767
| 1910 = 22114
| 1920 = 25588
| 1930 = 23620
| 1940 = 23261
| 1950 = 22528
| 1960 = 19652
| 1970 = 18956
| 1980 = 21114
| 1990 = 20275
| 2000 = 23932
| 2010 = 23498
| 2020 = 21755
|estyear=2023
|estimate=21114
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 31, 2024}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=}}</ref><br>1790-1880<ref name=1880CensusGACty>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1880 Census Population by Counties 1790-1800 |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1880|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-08.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref> 1890-1910<ref name=1910CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1910 Census of Population - Georgia  |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1910|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ga.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref><br> 1920-1930<ref name=1930CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1930 Census of Population - Georgia  |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1930|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref> 1930-1940<ref name=1940CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1940 Census of Population - Georgia  |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1940|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref><br> 1940-1950<ref name=1950CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1950 Census of Population - Georgia - |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1950|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-2/37779083v2p11ch2.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1960-1980<ref name=1980CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Georgia  |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1980|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_gaABC-01.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref><br> 1980-2000<ref name=2000CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Georgia  |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 2000|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-12.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 2010<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13/13205.html |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=February 16, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607003636/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13/13205.html |archive-date=June 7, 2011 }}</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Mitchell County, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Mitchell County, Georgia |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=050XX00US13205&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Mitchell County, Georgia |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US13205&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Mitchell County, Georgia |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US13205&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|11,746
|10,894
|style='background: #ffffe6; |10,106
|49.08%
|46.36%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |46.45%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|11,423
|11,185
|style='background: #ffffe6; |10,054
|47.73%
|47.60%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |46.21%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|41
|60
|style='background: #ffffe6; |37
|0.17%
|0.26%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.17%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|61
|120
|style='background: #ffffe6; |108
|0.25%
|0.51%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.50%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|8
|4
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.03%
|0.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|8
|18
|style='background: #ffffe6; |41
|0.03%
|0.08%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.19%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|154
|189
|style='background: #ffffe6; |445
|0.64%
|0.80%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.05%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|491
|1,028
|style='background: #ffffe6; |964
|2.05%
|4.37%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.43%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''23,932'''
|'''23,498'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''21,755'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 21,755 people, 7,982 households, and 5,454 families residing in the county.

==Education==
[[File:Mitchell County Board of Education, Camilla.jpg|thumb|[[Mitchell County School District]] headquarters]]
The [[Mitchell County School District]] operates public schools in the majority of the county, although [[Pelham City School District]] includes the city limits of Pelham.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st13_ga/schooldistrict_maps/c13205_mitchell/DC20SD_C13205.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Mitchell County, GA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-09-25}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st13_ga/schooldistrict_maps/c13205_mitchell/DC20SD_C13205_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

Andersonville Theological Seminary has its headquarters based in [[Camilla, Georgia|Camilla]]. The [[seminary]]'s headquarters consists of two administrative buildings. Most of the seminary's students take online classes to complete their degree programs, but in January 2020 the school started to provide on-site courses at their location in Camilla.<ref>{{cite web|author=ATS |url=http://andersonvilleseminary.com/pdf/forms/intent-to-attend-2020-module-form.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190706102818/http://andersonvilleseminary.com/pdf/forms/intent-to-attend-2020-module-form.pdf |archive-date=July 6, 2019 |url-status=live |title=Intent to Attend 2020 Module Form |publisher=Andersonville Theological Seminary |access-date=July 7, 2019}}</ref>

==Politics==
{{PresHead|place=Mitchell County, Georgia|source=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=March 22, 2018}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|5,150|3,701|26|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|4,935|3,993|35|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|4,279|3,493|108|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|4,155|4,081|45|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|4,201|3,872|59|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|3,885|3,360|27|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|2,790|2,971|38|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|2,033|3,165|388|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|1,917|3,052|826|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|2,590|2,260|10|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1984|Democratic|2,737|2,791|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|2,231|3,566|59|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|1,572|4,495|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|2,400|1,120|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1968|American Independent|731|1,256|3,647|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|3,265|1,197|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|430|3,264|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|382|2,735|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|601|3,054|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|152|1,453|462|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|226|2,179|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|155|2,131|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|79|2,297|5|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|15|2,097|5|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|143|1,358|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|51|736|51|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|144|930|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|96|921|41|Georgia}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|150|1,046|0|Georgia}}

==Notable people==
* [[George Thornewell Smith]] - former [[Lieutenant Governor of Georgia]] and state court judge

==See also==
{{Portal|State of Georgia}}
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Mitchell County, Georgia]]
*[[List of counties in Georgia]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Mitchell County, Georgia
|North     = [[Dougherty County, Georgia|Dougherty County]]
|Northeast = [[Worth County, Georgia|Worth County]]
|East      = [[Colquitt County, Georgia|Colquitt County]]
|Southeast = [[Thomas County, Georgia|Thomas County]]
|South     = [[Grady County, Georgia|Grady County]]
|Southwest = [[Decatur County, Georgia|Decatur County]]
|West      = [[Baker County, Georgia|Baker County]]
|Northwest =
}}
{{Mitchell County, Georgia}}
{{Georgia (U.S. state)}}
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