Mitchell is a town in
Glascock County,
Georgia
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, United States. The population was 199 at the 2010 census,
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.
The community was named after R. M. Mitchell, a railroad official.
The
Georgia General Assembly
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incorporated Mitchell as a town in 1896.
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'
Geography
Mitchell is located in western Glascock County at the intersection of State Routes
102 and
123. SR 102 leads east to
Gibson, the Glascock County seat, and southwest to
Sandersville, while SR 123 leads northwest to
Sparta
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.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the town of Mitchell has a total area of , of which , or 0.42%, is water.
It is located east of the
Ogeechee River
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.
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 173 people, 72 households, and 51 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 77 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 83.82%
White
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and 16.18%
African American
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. By 2020, its population declined to 153.
See also
*
Central Savannah River Area
The Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) is an unofficial trading and marketing region in the U.S. states of Georgia and South Carolina, spanning thirteen counties in Georgia and seven in South Carolina. The term was coined in 1950 by C.C. McCol ...
References
External links
''The News and Farmer and Wadley Herald''/ ''Jefferson Reporter'' the county's weekly newspaper and the oldest weekly newspaper in Georgia.
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Towns in Glascock County, Georgia
Towns in Georgia (U.S. state)