Mitchellville

History

Mitchellville began with the establishment of a farm by Ezekiel Marshall in 1814. The community that developed around the farm was originally known as Mitchell's Cross Roads after Hiram Mitchell, who owned land near the intersection of two early roads. With the arrival of the railroad in 1859, the name of the community was changed to Mitchellville Station. The city incorporated in 1909, and thrived as a railroad stop throughout the first half of the 20th century. The city began to decline as rail traffic decreased in the 1950s, however, and never fully recovered from a destructive tornado in 1955.

Geography

Mitchellville lies in north-central Tennessee, just east of the point where Sumner County, Tennessee, Robertson County, Tennessee, and Simpson County, Kentucky, meet. State Route 259 traverses Mitchellville east-to-west. To the west of the city, this highway intersects State Route 109, which connects the area to Portland, Tennessee, to the south, and U.S. Route 31W, which connects the area with Franklin, Kentucky, to the north. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  556
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  541
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  532
• Turkey Vulture

  Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  505
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  490
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  464
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  403
• Northern Mockingbird

  Mimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  392

Largest nearby schools

• Portland High School
  High · Portland · 1,199 students · 17.4:1 ratio
• Portland Gateview Elementary School
  Elementary · Portland · 577 students · 13.7:1 ratio
• Portland West Middle School
  Middle · Portland · 510 students · 13.8:1 ratio
• Watt Hardison Elementary
  Elementary · Portland · 445 students · 15.9:1 ratio
• Portland East Middle School
  Middle · Portland · 405 students · 14:1 ratio
• J W Wiseman Elementary
  Elementary · Portland · 384 students · 13.2:1 ratio
• Clyde Riggs Elementary
  Elementary · Portland · 308 students · 14.7:1 ratio
• Oakmont Elementary
  Elementary · Cottontown · 139 students · 12.6:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 2.61 — 2020-02-27
  5 km SW of Bremen, Kentucky