# Mitchell, Kansas

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**Mitchell** is an [unincorporated community](/source/Unincorporated_area) in [Rice County, Kansas](/source/Rice_County,_Kansas), United States.[1] Located about 6 miles (9.7 km) east-northeast of the city of [Lyons](/source/Lyons,_Kansas),[2] it lies along local roads a fraction of a mile (less than 1 km) north of [U.S. Route 56](/source/U.S._Route_56_in_Kansas).[2]

## History

For millennia, the land now known as Kansas was inhabited by [Native Americans](/source/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States). In 1803, most of [modern Kansas](/source/History_of_Kansas) was secured by the United States as part of the [Louisiana Purchase](/source/Louisiana_Purchase). In 1854, the [Kansas Territory](/source/Kansas_Territory) was organized, then in 1861 [Kansas](/source/Kansas) became the 34th [U.S. state](/source/U.S._state). In 1867, [Rice County](/source/Rice_County,_Kansas) was founded.

In 1878, [Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway](/source/Atchison,_Topeka_and_Santa_Fe_Railway) and parties from [Marion](/source/Marion_County,_Kansas) and [McPherson counties](/source/McPherson_County,_Kansas) chartered the [Marion and McPherson Railway Company](/source/Marion_and_McPherson_Railway_Company).[3] In 1879, a branch line was built from [Florence](/source/Florence,_Kansas) to [McPherson](/source/McPherson,_Kansas), in 1880 it was extended to [Lyons](/source/Lyons,_Kansas), in 1881 it was extended to [Ellinwood](/source/Ellinwood,_Kansas).[4] The line was leased and operated by the [Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway](/source/Atchison,_Topeka_and_Santa_Fe_Railway). The line from Florence to [Marion](/source/Marion,_Kansas), was abandoned in 1968.[5] In 1992, the line from Marion to McPherson was sold to [Central Kansas Railway](/source/Central_Kansas_Railway). In 1993, after heavy flood damage, the line from Marion to McPherson was abandoned. The original branch line connected Florence, Marion, [Canada](/source/Canada,_Kansas), [Hillsboro](/source/Hillsboro,_Kansas), [Lehigh](/source/Lehigh,_Kansas), [Canton](/source/Canton,_Kansas), [Galva](/source/Galva,_Kansas), McPherson, [Conway](/source/Conway,_Kansas), [Windom](/source/Windom,_Kansas), [Little River](/source/Little_River,_Kansas), Mitchell, Lyons, [Chase](/source/Chase,_Kansas) and [Ellinwood](/source/Ellinwood,_Kansas).

A post office was opened in Mitchell in 1882, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1953.[6]

## Education

The community is served by [Lyons USD 405](/source/Lyons_USD_405) public school district.

## Notable people

- [Leo B. Bozell](/source/Leo_B._Bozell) - Advertising executive, born in Mitchell.[7]

## References

1. DeLorme. *Kansas Atlas & Gazetteer*. 4th ed. [Yarmouth](/source/Yarmouth,_Maine): [DeLorme](/source/DeLorme), 2009, p. 47. ISBN 0-89933-342-7.

1. *Marion County Kansas : Past and Present*; Sondra Van Meter; MB Publishing House; [LCCN](/source/LCCN) 72-92041; 344 pages; 1972.

1. [Fourth Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners for the Year Ending December 1, 1886 in State of Kansas; Kansas Publishing House; 1886.](https://books.google.com/books?id=ZIwpAAAAYAAJ)

1. [Railway Abandonment 1968](http://www.abandonedrails.com/Marion_to_Florence)

1. ["Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131009133151/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county%3ARC). Kansas Historical Society. Archived from [the original](http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:RC) on 9 October 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2014.

1. ["Who's who in Finance and Industry"](https://books.google.com/books?id=s3lQAQAAIAAJ&q=Clarinda+Wallis+Bozell). *google.ca*. 1944.

## Further reading

See also: [List of books about Rice County, Kansas](/source/Rice_County,_Kansas#Further_reading)

## External links

- Rice County maps: [Current](https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/rice.PDF), [Historic](https://www.ksdot.org/bureaus/burtransplan/maps/PastPublishedCounty.asp) - KDOT

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