Chelsea Township, Butler County, Kansas

Chelsea Township Butler County, Kansas
Township
Location within Butler County
Chelsea Township Location within state of Kansas
Coordinates: 37°55′10″N096°39′56″W / 37.91944°N 96.66556°W / 37.91944; -96.66556 [1]
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]	1,431 ft (436 m)
Population  (2000)
• Total	190
• Density	1.8/sq mi (0.68/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
FIPS code	20-12750 [1]
GNIS ID	474400 [1]
Website	County website

Chelsea Township is a township in Butler County, Kansas, United States. ^[1] As of the 2000 census, its population was 190.

History

Chelsea Township was organized in 1876. ^[2] The township was named by a settler from Boston after Chelsea, Massachusetts. ^[3] Some sources give it as the birthplace of painter Gladys Nelson Smith. ^[4]

Geography

Chelsea 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

1. "Chelsea Township, Butler County, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System , United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
2. Mooney, Vol. P. (1916). History of Butler County Kansas. Standard Publishing Company. p.  37.
3. Mooney, Vol. P. (1916). History of Butler County Kansas. Standard Publishing Company. pp.  104.
4. Virgil E. McMahan (1995). The Artists of Washington, D.C., 1796–1996. Artists of Washington. ISBN   978-0-9649101-0-2.

Further reading

See also: List of books about Butler County, Kansas

• Chelsea: The Town, Township, Community, and Cemetery.; John Milbourn; 1990.

External links

• City-Data.com