Fort Mitchell, Kentucky

Fort Mitchell is a home rule-class city in Kenton County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 8,207 at the 2010 census.GeographyFort Mitchell is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.1sqmi, all land.HistoryFort Mitchell was the site of one of seven Civil War fortifications built for the Defense of Cincinnati. The community was named for General Ormsby M. Mitchel, a professor at Cincinnati College (now the University of Cincinnati) who designed the fortifications.Fort Mitchell was chartered as a city in 1910. It annexed South Ft. Mitchell (inc. 1927) in 1967 and Crescent Park in 1999.Culture Fort Mitchell, Kentucky has an annual Fourth of July Parade. There are over 120,000 people buried in three cemeteries in Fort Mitchell. The world's only ventriloquist museum is in Fort Mitchell.EducationFort Mitchell is home to Beechwood Independent School District, a public K-12 institution and Blessed Sacrament, a Catholic K-8 institution. Although Dixie Heights High School has a Fort Mitchell mailing address, it is actually within the city limits of Edgewood. Beechwood High School was ranked #333 on the U.S. News & World Report 2015 list of best high schools nationwide.