Mitchell is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
St. Francois County, in the
U.S. state of
Missouri
Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it border ...
. The community lies above the headwaters of
Owl Creek, approximately one mile south of
Leadwood and two miles west of
Elvins.
[''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 48, ]
Mitchell was laid out in 1925.
References
Unincorporated communities in St. Francois County, Missouri
Unincorporated communities in Missouri
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