Chelsea Township is a

township A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...

in Butler County,

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, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 190.

History

Chelsea Township was organized in 1876. The township was named by a settler from

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after

Chelsea, Massachusetts Chelsea is a city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, directly across the Mystic River from the city of Boston. As of the 2020 census, Chelsea had a population of 40,787. With a total area of just 2.46 s ...

. Some sources give it as the birthplace of painter

Gladys Nelson Smith Gladys Nelson Smith (August 15, 1890 – September 15, 1980) was an American painter. Born in either El Dorado or Chelsea, Kansas, Smith was one of ten children. She first studied art at the University of Kansas, from which she graduated in 191 ...

Geography

Chelsea Township covers an area of and contains no incorporated settlements. According to the

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, it contains one cemetery, Chelsea. The streams of Cole Creek, Durechen Creek and Gilmore Branch run through this township.

References

USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

External links

Townships in Butler County, Kansas Townships in Kansas Populated places established in 1876 1876 establishments in Kansas {{ButlerCountyKS-geo-stub

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