Mitchell, Georgia

Mitchell is a town in Glascock County, Georgia, United States.

[5] The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Mitchell as a town in 1896.

[6] 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' [7] Mitchell is located in western Glascock County at the intersection of State Routes 102 and 123.

As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 173 people, 72 households, and 51 families residing in the town.

The racial makeup of the town was 83.82% White and 16.18% African American.

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