Chelsea (Vermont)

Orange County

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Chelsea is a place in the U.S. state of Vermont and the county seat ( county seat ) of Orange County with 1238 inhabitants ( according to the census of 2010 ) .. The village lies in the valley of the White River in the Green Mountains. The area of the valley is used for farming and animal husbandry, otherwise dominated by the timber industry.

Founded on October 2, 1780, proclaimed under the name Turner Pittsburgh on August 4, 1781 but was renamed already on October 13, 1788 in Chelsea.

A first, not permanent settlement is recorded in the spring of 1784; but the pioneers spent the winter in their traditional places. It was not until the following spring they brought their families, so that we can speak from then on by a permanent settlement. The constituent town meeting was held on March 31, 1788; permanent representation in the Senate of the Town of Vermont was implemented in 1794. Since 1795 Chelsea is the administrative headquarters ( the shire town) of Orange County.

In the first ten years of occupation of the site, a first school was formed; a first kongretionale Church exists in 1799, a Methodist church since 1825. The present building of the District Court was created in 1847.

Its highest population had Chelsea at the beginning of the 19th century, with about 2,000 inhabitants. According to the United States Census 2010, the town had 1,238 inhabitants.

Parts of the village - especially downtown - in 1983 entered in the National Register of Historic Places.

The place is connected to the extending in a north-south direction Vermont Route 110 and through the branches off the main town Vermont Route 113 to the east lying places. A direct connection to the network of interstate connections missing. The responsible hospital is in Randolph; a primary school and a Waldorf school provide the basic service with education. Two Methodist churches and a community of the United Church of Christ complement the social life of the village.

Nearby Cities

All information as airlines.

  • North: Barre City, 23.0 kilometers
  • Northeast: Corinth, 14.0 km
  • East: Vershire, 11.5 km
  • Southeast: Strafford, 15.5 km
  • South: Tunbridge, 8.0 km
  • Southwest: Randolph, 17.5 km
  • Northwest: Williamstown, 16.5km

Sons and daughters of the town

  • John Young (1802-1852), politician and Governor of the State of New York
  • Robert S. Hale (1822-1881), politician and representative of the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives
  • William Freeman Vilas (1840-1908), politician
  • F. Ray Keyser (* 1927), politician and Governor of the State of Vermont

Pictures of Chelsea (Vermont)

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