Mitchell, Ontario
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Mitchell is a community in Perth County, Ontario, Canada. Mitchell is located at the intersection of Highways 8 and 23, 20 km northwest of Stratford, and 60 km northeast of London.
Mitchell was founded in 1836 when the Canada Company laid out a town plot and John Hicks, one of the first settlers of the area, erected a new hotel near the Thames River, where the historic Hicks House building in downtown Mitchell stands. A sawmill was built in 1842, as well as new stores and businesses, contributing to the town's growth. In 1857, Mitchell was incorporated as a village, and in 1874, was incorporated as a town with a population of 2,000. On January 1, 1998, the town amalgamated into the new Municipality of West Perth.
As of 2001, the former town of Mitchell has a population of 4,022.
The town's major employers include Parmalat Canada, makers of dairy products, and Cooper-Standard Automotive, the Canadian centre for the company's automotive parts research and development program. Mitchell is mainly an agricultural community, with large amounts of farm land surrounding the town.
In the educational sector, Mitchell has three schools, Upper Thames Elementary, Mitchell Public, and Mitchell District High School.
Mitchell is home to the Mitchell Hawks, a junior hockey team that plays in the Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League.
Mitchell is the birth place of hockey legend Howie Morenz.
[edit] External links
- Municipality of West Perth
- Mitchell Advocate, the community's weekly newspaper
- Mitchell, ON Weather, from The Weather Network.
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