Do you know of Chelsea ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Chelsea. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Chelsea.
We found mention of Chelsea as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Will County, Illinois.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1838 and closed in 1868.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Chelsea ...
We found 32 communities that share the name Chelsea.
Within Illinois, the name Chelsea is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another 32 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 32 communities, 30 are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Chelsea [Hillsborough County].
- Georgia
- Chattooga County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Chelsea [Chattooga County].
- Indiana
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Chelsea [Jefferson County].
- Iowa
- Tama County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Chelsea [Tama County].
- Kansas
- Butler County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Chelsea [Butler County].
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Kennebec County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Chelsea [Kennebec County].
- Maryland
- Harford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Chelsea [Harford County].
- Massachusetts
- Suffolk County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Chelsea [Suffolk County].
- Michigan
- Washtenaw County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Chelsea [Washtenaw County].
- Montana
- Dawson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Chelsea [Dawson County].
- Roosevelt County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Chelsea [Roosevelt County].
- Nebraska
- Holt County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Chelsea [Holt County].
- New Jersey
- New York
- Dutchess County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Chelsea [Dutchess County].
- New York County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Chelsea [New York County].
- Richmond County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Chelsea [Richmond County].
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Chelsea.
- Oklahoma
- Rogers County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Chelsea [Rogers County].
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Delaware County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Chelsea [Delaware County].
- Quebec
- South Carolina
- Beaufort County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Chelsea [Beaufort County].
- South Dakota
- Faulk County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Chelsea [Faulk County].
- Vermont
- Orange County
- Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Chelsea [Orange County].
- Virginia
- Washington
- King County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Chelsea [King County].
- West Virginia
- Hancock County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Chelsea [Hancock County].
- Wisconsin
- Taylor County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Chelsea [Taylor County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Chelsea ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Chelsea:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers
More Orphans in Will County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Will County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Chelsea could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |