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Mitchellville, Tennessee
Buildings along Church Street
Buildings along Church Street
Location of Mitchellville in Sumner County, Tennessee.
Location of Mitchellville in Sumner County, Tennessee.
Mitchellville, Tennessee is located in Tennessee
Mitchellville, Tennessee
Mitchellville, Tennessee
Location in Tennessee
Country United States
State Tennessee
County Sumner
Area
 • Total 0.54 sq mi (1.39 km2)
 • Land 0.54 sq mi (1.39 km2)
 • Water 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
778 ft (237 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total 163
 • Density 303.54/sq mi (117.22/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
37119
Area code(s) 615
FIPS code 47-49460
GNIS feature ID 1306760

Mitchellville is a city in Sumner County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 189 at the 2010 census, down from 207 in 2000.

History

Mitchellville began with the establishment of a 200-acre (81 ha) 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 0.5 square miles (1.3 km2), all land.

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop.
1920 161
1930 203 26.1%
1940 216 6.4%
1950 202 −6.5%
1960 184 −8.9%
1970 177 −3.8%
1980 209 18.1%
1990 193 −7.7%
2000 207 7.3%
2010 189 −8.7%
2020 163 −13.8%
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2020 census

Mitchellville racial composition
Race Number Percentage
White (non-Hispanic) 146 89.57%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 3 1.84%
Other/Mixed 8 4.91%
Hispanic or Latino 6 3.68%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 163 people, 55 households, and 45 families residing in the city.

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