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History · Mitchellville

Mitchellville was first counted by the census in 1970

Most of Mitchellville was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1985. Below: maps from 1986 on and the census since 1970.

1970first census
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Mitchellville began

When was Mitchellville founded?

1970

Mitchellville first appears in the census in 1970.

First census: 494 in 19702020 census: 29356 years
Founding year: the first census.

What stands out about Mitchellville’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Mitchellville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 618 in 1980; 293 people lived here in 2020.
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Start Mitchellville’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mitchellville’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Mitchellville, census by census

0100200300400500600198020002020Peak: 618

Peaked at 618 in 1980; 293 people lived here in 2020.

6 censuses, 1970–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Mitchellville’s Wikipedia page.

The story so far

Mitchellville, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Mitchellville yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Mitchellville is a city in Desha County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Mitchellville had a population of 293.

Its first post office opened in 1970. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 360 to 293 (-19%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Mitchellville, decade by decade

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Highway 159 at US 65 in2012Highway 159 at US 65 in
On the map

Mitchellville on the map in 1986

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Mitchellville.

Mitchellville on the 1986 USGS map1986Dumas sheet · 1:100,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Mitchellville.

Questions about Mitchellville’s history

What year was Mitchellville founded?

The Mitchellville post office opened in 1970, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.