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Welcome to Chelsea ...So far, we found very little information about Chelsea. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Chelsea to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Chelsea, please Contact Us. Chelsea would have been located within present day Butler County<2>. The location of Chelsea has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Chelsea, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895. While the community is gone, the present day location for Chelsea is 1,320 feet [402 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Chelsea was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities Also Named Chelsea ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 33 communities that are also named Chelsea - they are located in Alabama (2), Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana (2), Nebraska, New Jersey, New York (3), Nova Scotia, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Quebec (3), South Carolina, South Dakota, Vermont, Virginia (2), Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Chelsea. Communities near Chelsea ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Chelsea.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Chelsea. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Chelsea. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Chelsea. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Chelsea. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Chelsea. See our Newspapers Page for Chelsea. Adding Chelsea to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Chelsea in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Chelsea was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). We also found Chelsea on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Kansas (1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Chelsea. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Butler County: www.bucoks.com/ The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/ Footnotes ...
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