Chelsea Township is a township in Butler County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 190.
Chelsea Township | |
|---|---|
 Location in Butler County | |
| Coordinates: 37°55′10″N 096°39′56″W / 37.91944°N 96.66556°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| County | Butler |
| Area | |
• Total | 107.21 sq mi (277.68 km2) |
| • Land | 100.62 sq mi (260.6 km2) |
| • Water | 6.59 sq mi (17.08 km2) 6.15% |
| Elevation | 1,434 ft (437 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
• Total | 190 |
| • Density | 1.9/sq mi (0.7/km2) |
| GNIS ID | 0474400 |
History
editChelsea Township was organized in 1876.[1] The township was named by a settler from Boston after Chelsea, Massachusetts.[2] Some sources give it as the birthplace of painter Gladys Nelson Smith.[3]
Geography
editChelsea Township covers an area of 107.21 square miles (277.7 km2) and contains no incorporated settlements. According to the USGS, it contains one cemetery, Chelsea.
The streams of Cole Creek, Durechen Creek and Gilmore Branch run through this township.
References
edit- ^ Mooney, Vol. P. (1916). History of Butler County Kansas. Standard Publishing Company. p. 37.
- ^ Mooney, Vol. P. (1916). History of Butler County Kansas. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 104.
- ^ Virgil E. McMahan (1995). The Artists of Washington, D.C., 1796–1996. Artists of Washington. ISBN 978-0-9649101-0-2.
Further reading
edit- Chelsea: The Town, Township, Community, and Cemetery.; John Milbourn; 1990.
External links
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