Mittie, Louisiana

Mittie is an unincorporated community in Allen Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is located on Louisiana Highway 26, 10.5 mi northwest of Oberlin. Mittie has a post office with ZIP code 70654.

Mittie is named after Mittie Burnett (Burnitt), the first postmaster. The post office was once located on the east side of Whiskey Chitto, but was moved to the west side by Clinton Smith and his wife Oma Simmons Smith, who had the post office located inside Smith's Grocery, now Highway 26 Convenience. Mittie has been located in present site since 1929. Whiskey Chitto Creek runs between the two locations of Mittie. This section of the stream was the site of the beginning of the Calcasieu Log War of 1877-1879, when federal agents virtually shut down logging operations along the streams of Imperial Calcasieu Parish. See article on Whiskey Chitto Creek.