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We found 31 communities that are also named Chelsea.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Chelsea is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of 31 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 31 communities, 29 are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Madison County
This Chelsea is located in Madison County and lies 708 miles [1,139.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Chelsea that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Chelsea.
Shelby County
This Chelsea is located in Shelby County and lies 764 miles [1,229.5 km] to the west southwest of the Chelsea that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Chelsea.
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Chelsea is located in Hillsborough County and lies 912 miles [1,467.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Chelsea that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Chelsea.
Georgia
Chattooga County
This Chelsea is located in Chattooga County and lies 660 miles [1,062.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Chelsea that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chattooga County community of Chelsea.
Indiana
Jefferson County
This Chelsea is located in Jefferson County and lies 543 miles [873.9 km]<1> to the west of the Chelsea that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Chelsea.
Iowa
Tama County
This Chelsea is located in Tama County and lies 893 miles [1,437.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Chelsea that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tama County community of Chelsea.
Kansas
Butler County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Chelsea [Butler County].
Kentucky
Hopkins County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Chelsea [Hopkins County].
Maine
Kennebec County
This Chelsea is located in Kennebec County and lies 422 miles [679.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Chelsea that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kennebec County community of Chelsea.
Maryland
Harford County
This Chelsea is located in Harford County and lies 50 miles [80.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Chelsea that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Chelsea.
Massachusetts
Suffolk County
This Chelsea is located in Suffolk County and lies 289 miles [465.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Chelsea that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Chelsea.
Michigan
Washtenaw County
This Chelsea is located in Washtenaw County and lies 475 miles [764.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Chelsea that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washtenaw County community of Chelsea.
Montana
Dawson County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Chelsea [Dawson County].
Roosevelt County
This Chelsea is located in Roosevelt County and lies 1,577 miles [2,537.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Chelsea that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roosevelt County community of Chelsea.
Nebraska
Holt County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Holt County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Holt County community of Chelsea.
New Jersey
Atlantic County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Chelsea [Atlantic County].
New York
Dutchess County
This Chelsea is located in Dutchess County and lies 140 miles [225.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Chelsea that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dutchess County community of Chelsea.
New York County
This Chelsea is located in New York County and lies 98 miles [157.7 km] to the northeast of the Chelsea that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New York County community of Chelsea.
Richmond County
This Chelsea is located in Richmond County and lies 84 miles [135.2 km] to the northeast of the Chelsea that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Chelsea.
Nova Scotia
This Chelsea lies 629 miles [1,012.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Chelsea that is located in Delaware County.
Oklahoma
Rogers County
This Chelsea is located in Rogers County and lies 1,105 miles [1,778.3 km]<1> to the west of the Chelsea that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rogers County community of Chelsea.
Oregon
Klamath County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Chelsea [Klamath County].
Quebec
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Chelsea.
South Carolina
Beaufort County
This Chelsea is located in Beaufort County and lies 600 miles [965.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Chelsea that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Chelsea.
South Dakota
Faulk County
This Chelsea is located in Faulk County and lies 1,234 miles [1,985.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Chelsea that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Faulk County community of Chelsea.
Vermont
Orange County
This Chelsea is located in Orange County and lies 324 miles [521.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Chelsea that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Chelsea.
Virginia
Goochland County
This Chelsea is located in Goochland County and lies 197 miles [317 km]<1> to the southwest of the Chelsea that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Goochland County community of Chelsea.
Newport News City
This Chelsea is located in Newport News City and lies 193 miles [310.6 km] to the south southwest of the Chelsea that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newport News City community of Chelsea.
Washington
King County
This Chelsea is located in King County and lies 2,357 miles [3,793.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Chelsea that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Chelsea.
West Virginia
Hancock County
This Chelsea is located in Hancock County and lies 274 miles [441 km]<1> to the west of the Chelsea that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Chelsea.
Wisconsin
Taylor County
This Chelsea is located in Taylor County and lies 840 miles [1,351.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Chelsea that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taylor County community of Chelsea.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chelsea ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Chelsea to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Chelsea and extending to:
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 80 miles [128.7 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Chelsea to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 107 miles [172.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,790 miles [9,318.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,496 miles [10,454.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,373 miles [7,037.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Chelsea) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Chelsea, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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.
<4>
While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<5>
The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Chelsea to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Chelsea. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8672, Longitude: -75.4672
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.89 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.456 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.66 degrees.