Mitchell, OR

Mitchell is a city in Wheeler County, Oregon, United States. The 2020 census counted 138 residents. Mitchell was founded in 1873 and was named after John H. Mitchell, a politician. Mitchell holds two festivals each year:. The county is not a part of a community college district. The through line in Mitchell is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Mitchell makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. The Painted Hills unit of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument is about 9 miles northwest of Mitchell. At the request of William "Brawdie" Johnson, a blacksmith, a post office was established at Mitchell in 1873. Johnson, the first postmaster, suggested the name Mitchell after John Hipple Mitchell, a U.S. Senator from Oregon.