Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Wheeler
- Incorporated
- 1891 ; 135 years ago ( 1891 )
- Mayor
- Jake Crawford
- Total
- 1.28 sq mi (3.31 km )
- Land
- 1.28 sq mi (3.31 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 2,777 ft (846.4 m)
- Density
- 108/sq mi (41.7/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 (Pacific)
- Fips code
- 41-49150
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Encyclopedic overview
Mitchell is a city in Wheeler County, Oregon, United States. The population was 138 at the 2020 census. It was founded in 1873 and was named after John H. Mitchell, a politician.
The Painted Hills unit of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument is about 9 miles (14 km) northwest of Mitchell. Mitchell School, a public school with an enrollment of about 70 students, is in Mitchell.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mitchell” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.