Editing Chelsea, Vermont

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'''Chelsea''' is a [[New England town|town]] in and the [[shire town]]<ref>[http://www.leg.state.vt.us/statutes/fullsection.cfm?Title=24&Chapter=001&Section=00010 Title 24, Part I, Chapter 1, §10], Vermont Statutes.  Accessed November 1, 2007.</ref> ([[county seat]])<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }}</ref> of [[Orange County, Vermont|Orange County]], [[Vermont]], United States. The population was 1,233 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0600000US5001713525|title=Census - Geography Profile: Chelsea town, Orange County, Vermont|access-date=December 29, 2021}}</ref>

==Geography==
Chelsea is located in a river valley in central Vermont. The First Branch of the [[White River (Vermont)|White River]] travels through the valley and the town. Located in the center of town, in the [[Chelsea (CDP), Vermont|village of Chelsea]], are two [[common land|commons]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 40.1&nbsp;square miles (103.4&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}), of which 40.06&nbsp;square miles (103.4&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}) is land and 0.04&nbsp;square mile (0.1&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}) (0.05%) is water.

===Climate===
{{Weather box
|location = Chelsea 2 NW, Vermont, 1991–2020 normals: 1440ft (439m)
|single line = Yes

|Jan high F = 24.8
|Feb high F = 28.0
|Mar high F = 36.3
|Apr high F = 49.8
|May high F = 63.3
|Jun high F = 71.8
|Jul high F = 76.2
|Aug high F = 75.3
|Sep high F = 67.8
|Oct high F = 54.5
|Nov high F = 41.8
|Dec high F = 30.8
|year high F =

|Jan mean F = 16.0
|Feb mean F = 18.3
|Mar mean F = 26.8
|Apr mean F = 39.8
|May mean F = 52.4
|Jun mean F = 61.3
|Jul mean F = 65.7
|Aug mean F = 64.3
|Sep mean F = 56.9
|Oct mean F = 44.9
|Nov mean F = 33.8
|Dec mean F = 22.7
|year mean F =

|Jan low F = 7.2
|Feb low F = 8.6
|Mar low F = 17.2
|Apr low F = 29.8
|May low F = 41.5
|Jun low F = 50.7
|Jul low F = 55.2
|Aug low F = 53.3
|Sep low F = 46.0
|Oct low F = 35.3
|Nov low F = 25.7
|Dec low F = 14.7
|year low F =

|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 2.55
|Feb precipitation inch = 2.21
|Mar precipitation inch = 2.78
|Apr precipitation inch = 3.24
|May precipitation inch = 3.65
|Jun precipitation inch = 4.68
|Jul precipitation inch = 4.59
|Aug precipitation inch = 4.25
|Sep precipitation inch = 3.66
|Oct precipitation inch = 4.42
|Nov precipitation inch = 3.10
|Dec precipitation inch = 3.31
|year precipitation inch =


|Jan snow inch = 17.10
|Feb snow inch = 21.50
|Mar snow inch = 17.10
|Apr snow inch = 5.10
|May snow inch = 0.30
|Jun snow inch = 0.00
|Jul snow inch = 0.00
|Aug snow inch = 0.00
|Sep snow inch = 0.00
|Oct snow inch = 1.10
|Nov snow inch = 4.00
|Dec snow inch = 22.60
|year snow inch =

|source 1 = NOAA<ref name = NOAA>
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|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00431363&format=pdf
|title = Chelsea 2 NW, Vermont 1991-2020 Monthly Normals 
|access-date = October 28, 2023
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</ref>
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==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1790= 239
|1800= 897
|1810= 1327
|1820= 1462
|1830= 1958
|1840= 1959
|1850= 1958
|1860= 1757
|1870= 1526
|1880= 1462
|1890= 1230
|1900= 1070
|1910= 1074
|1920= 1087
|1930= 1004
|1940= 1013
|1950= 1025
|1960= 957
|1970= 983
|1980= 1091
|1990= 1166
|2000= 1250
|2010= 1238
|2020= 1233
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |title=U.S. Decennial Census |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=May 16, 2015 }}</ref>
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[[File:Chelsea VT - school.jpg|thumbnail|left|Chelsea Public School]]
[[File:Chelsea VT - library.jpg|thumbnail|left|Chelsea Public Library]]
As of the [[census]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|title=U.S. Census website|author=U.S. Census Bureau|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|language=en|access-date=September 21, 2018}}</ref> of 2010, there were 1,238 people, 541 households, and 334 families residing in the town. Of the 541 household 117 had children under the age of 18 living within them.

The racial makeup of the town was 96.1% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.6% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.2% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.5% of the population.

The median age of residents is 48.3. The median household income is $49,500. 89.2% of adults have earned a high school diploma or higher level of education. 17.9% of individuals live below the poverty line.

== History ==
The town was founded on August 4, 1781. It was originally called Turnersburgh after settler Bela Turner. In 1788 the townspeople of Turnersburgh approved a bill to rename the town Chelsea.

The first small schoolhouses were established in the early 1800s. By 1845 there were 18 schools operating around the town. In 1852 the Chelsea Academy was built in the village district. The Chelsea Academy burnt in 1870. In 1913 the "new" Chelsea High School building was built, this building still houses the Chelsea Public School today.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Chelsea, Vermont 1784-1984|last=Committee from the Chelsea Historical Society|publisher=Northlight Studio Press|year=1984|location=Barre, Vermont}}</ref>

=== Historic sites ===
In 1983 the historic village center of Chelsea was placed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] as the [[Chelsea Village Historic District]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/SearchResults/7c2015b27fd64d79ab920c47bc54010f?page=1&view=list|title=Search Results|website=npgallery.nps.gov|language=en|access-date=September 21, 2018}}</ref> Chelsea also has two standalone structures listed on the National Register: the [[Congregational Church of Chelsea]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/SearchResults/7c2015b27fd64d79ab920c47bc54010f?page=1&view=list|title=Search Results|website=npgallery.nps.gov|language=en|access-date=September 21, 2018}}</ref> and the [[Moxley Covered Bridge]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/SearchResults/7c2015b27fd64d79ab920c47bc54010f?page=2&view=list|title=Search Results|website=npgallery.nps.gov|language=en|access-date=September 21, 2018}}</ref>

[[Figure (horse)|Figure]], the original [[Morgan horse]], is buried in Chelsea.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourherald.com/articles/justin-morgan-trail-honors-man-and-horse/|title='Justin Morgan Trail' Honors Man and Horse {{!}} The Herald of Randolph|website=www.ourherald.com|date=May 27, 2010 |access-date=September 21, 2018}}</ref>

== Barn Quilt Trail ==
In 2018 The Chelsea Arts Collective led a project to create a barn quilt trail in Chelsea. [[Quilt trail|Barn quilts]] are painted pieces of plywood. Designs are often geometric and resemble the patchwork of a quilt.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/chelsea-arts-collective-launches-barn-quilt-project/Content?oid=19764147|title=Chelsea Arts Collective Launches Barn Quilt Project|last=Jones|first=Rachel Elizabeth|work=Seven Days|access-date=September 21, 2018|language=en}}</ref>

== Popular culture ==
The following movies were filmed (either fully or partially) in Chelsea:<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://vermonter.com/movies-filmed-in-vermont/|title=Movies Filmed in Vermont|work=Vermont Folklore, Myths, Legends, Ghost Stories & More|access-date=September 21, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>

* ''The Last Stand Farmer'' (1976)
* ''[[The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story|The Gift of Love]]'' (1983)
* ''[[Vermont Is for Lovers|Vermont is for Lovers]]'' (1992)
* ''A Stranger in the Kingdom'' (1997)

== Notable people ==
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* [[John Lement Bacon|John L. Bacon]], Chelsea and [[Hartford, Vermont|Hartford]] banker and [[Vermont State Treasurer|State Treasurer]]
* [[Daniel Buck]], US representative in the [[Fourth United States Congress|4th States Congress]]
* [[Daniel Azro Ashley Buck]], raised in Chelsea, US representative for Vermont in the [[Eighteenth United States Congress|18th]] and [[Twentieth United States Congress|20th United States Congress]]
* [[Berthold C. Coburn]], member of the [[Vermont House of Representatives]]<ref name="FreePress">{{cite news |date=February 29, 1956 |title=Berthold Coburn Dies; Governor Candidate In '46 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-burlington-free-press-obituary-for-b/149923319/ |work=[[The Burlington Free Press]] |location=Burlington, VT |page=1 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
* [[Alban Jasper Conant]], portrait painter<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://americanart.si.edu/artist/alban-jasper-conant-958 |title=Artist Alban Jasper Conant |website=American Art.SI.edu |publisher=Smithsonian American Art Museum |access-date=December 17, 2024}}</ref>
* [[David Whitney Curtis]], member of the [[Wisconsin State Assembly]]
* [[Edson S. Densmore]], [[White House Chief Usher]]<ref>{{cite news |date=November 22, 1892 |title=Death Notice, Edson S. Densmore |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-journal-densmore/161088822/ |work=The Daily Journal |location=Montpelier, Vermont |page=4 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
* [[Robert S. Hale]], US Representative from New York<ref>{{cite book |last=Barnes |first=William H. |author-link= |date=1874 |title=The American Government: Biographies of Members of the House of representatives of the Forty-Third Congress |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vN1m_ilxOr8C&pg=PA117 |location=New York |publisher=Nelson & Phillips |page=117 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>
* [[William Hebard]], resided in Chelsea, US representative for Vermont in the [[31st United States Congress|31st]] and [[32nd United States Congress]]
* [[Lyman G. Hinckley]], [[Lieutenant Governor of Vermont]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Child |first=Hamilton |date=1888 |title=Gazetteer of Orange County, Vt., 1762-1888, Part 1 |url=https://archive.org/details/gazetteeroforang00chil |location=Syracuse, NY |publisher=Syracuse Journal Company |page=[https://archive.org/details/gazetteeroforang00chil/page/n120 101] |via=[[Internet Archive]] |ref={{sfnRef|''Gazetteer of Orange County, Vt.''}}}}</ref>
* [[Walter L. Kennedy]], [[List of speakers of the Vermont House of Representatives|speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Graff |first=Chris |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=January 24, 1997 |title='Peanut' Kennedy, Colorful Speaker |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/rutland-daily-herald-kennedy/154205577/ |work=[[Rutland Herald]] |location=Rutland, VT |pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/rutland-daily-herald-kennedy/154205642/ 12] |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
* [[F. Ray Keyser Sr.]], Justice of the [[Vermont Supreme Court]]
* [[F. Ray Keyser Jr.]], born and raised in Chelsea, 72nd [[List of Governors of Vermont|governor of Vermont]]
* [[Burnham Martin]], Lieutenant Governor of Vermont<ref>{{cite book |last=Crockett |first=Walter Hill |date=1921 |title=Vermont: The Green Mountain State |volume=Three |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UnYUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA465 |location=New York |publisher=century History Company |page=465 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>
* [[William A. Palmer]], resided in Chelsea, US senator in the [[15th United States Congress|15th]] and [[16th United States Congress]], 13th [[List of Governors of Vermont|governor of Vermont]]
* [[2001 Dartmouth College murders|James Parker and Robert Tullock]], juvenile murderers, resided in Chelsea
* [[William Freeman Vilas]], born in Chelsea, [[United States Postmaster General]], [[United States Secretary of the Interior]], US senator from [[Wisconsin]]
* [[Stanley C. Wilson]], resided in Chelsea, 62nd [[List of Governors of Vermont|governor of Vermont]]
* [[John Young (Governor)|John Young]], born in Chelsea, US representative in the [[24th United States Congress|24th]] and [[27th United States Congress]], 15th [[List of Governors of New York|governor of New York]]

==Footnotes==
{{Reflist|2}}

==Further reading==
* John Moore Comstock, ''Chelsea: The Origin of Chelsea, Vermont and a Record of its Institutions and Individuals.'' n.c.: n.p., 1944.
* Chelsea Historical Society, Inc., ''A History of Chelsea, Vermont 1784–1984.'' (Chelsea Historical Society, Inc., 1984).

==External links==
*[http://www.chelseavt.org/ Chelsea Vermont Official Town Website]

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