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Welcome to Chelsea ...

Chelsea is located in Orange County<1> and is the County Seat for Orange County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Chelsea, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1806.

Chelsea is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Chelsea lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Chelsea: 802

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, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana (2), Nebraska, New Jersey, New York (3), Nova Scotia, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Quebec (3), South Carolina, South Dakota, 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.

  • Barre
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre
    • Barre is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,474 people
    • Barre has also been known as:
    • Barre City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barre <3>
  • Barre
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barre have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre
    • Barre is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,741 people
  • Montpelier
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Northfield
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Northfield have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
    • Northfield is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,504 people
  • Randolph
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Randolph have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
    • Randolph is located in Orange County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,558 people
  • Haverhill
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Williamstown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamstown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
    • Williamstown is located in Orange County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,530 people
  • Norwich
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norwich have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich
    • Norwich is located in Windsor County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,401 people
  • Royalton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Royalton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
    • Royalton is located in Windsor County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,882 people
  • Berlin
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berlin have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
    • Berlin is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,783 people

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.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Chelsea ...

Looking for more information about Chelsea? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Chelsea, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor 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 document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Chelsea post office opened in 1806.

We also found Chelsea in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Chelsea.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Vermont's counties, including Orange, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Chelsea - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/