Mitchellville, Maryland Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==History== Mitchellville was named for John Mitchell (1788β1862), who owned [[Essington Hall]], the plantation that encompassed much of the area. He and his wife Mary Lanham are buried in the Mitchell Family Cemetery on Mitchellville and Mount Oak Road.<ref> {{cite web|last=Dwyer|first=Michael F|title=Mitchell Cemetery|url=http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/stagsere/se1/se5/018000/018700/018782/pdf/msa_se5_18782.pdf|work=Inventory Form for State Historic Sites #PG-71B-8|publisher=[[Maryland Historical Trust]]|access-date=16 September 2013}}</ref> This location is now South Bowie, and the Bowie CDP 08775 <ref>{{cite web|title=Bowie CDP|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/tract/st24_md/c24033_prince_georges/DC10CT_C24033_000.pdf}}</ref> An 1878 G.M. Hopkins Atlas shows "Mitchellville P.O." near the same corner of what is today Mitchellville and Mount Oak Road. In its original cataloging the name and place "Mitchellville", the USGS used the railroad guide "Mitchellville (Mulliki'n) G. S. Owensville sheet Mitchellville P. G. 614 Mulliken R.'R. Guide, 314." as a basis in its decision card documentation<ref>{{cite web|title="Mitchellville" ID: 597758 search term|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/}}</ref> where a Mullikin/Mitchellville railroad stop served also as the post office. This is also seen in other historic maps<ref>{{cite web|title=G.M. Hopkins Atlas, 1878|url=http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/stagsere/se1/se5/018000/018800/018893/pdf/msa_se5_18893.pdf}}</ref> As of 2010, the Census designated place ("CDP") Mitchellville is no longer encompassing of the original Mitchellville, location of the old Essington Hall, but is drawn one CDP tract over on the west of the [[Woodmore, Maryland|Woodmore CDP]].<ref>{{cite web|title=CDP Map|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/tract/st24_md/c24033_prince_georges/DC10CT_C24033_000.pdf}}</ref> Also, see "[[Woodmore, Maryland|Woodmore]]" for common historical information<ref>[[Woodmore, Maryland]]</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page