Chelsea, Vermont
town in Orange County, Vermont, United States
Chelsea is a town in and the shire town (county seat) of Orange County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,233 at the 2020 census.
Geography
Chelsea is located in a river valley in central Vermont. The First Branch of the White River travels through the valley and the town. Located in the center of town, in the village of Chelsea, are two commons.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 40.1 square miles (103.4 km2), of which 40.06 square miles (103.4 km2) is land and 0.04 square mile (0.1 km2) (0.05%) is water.
Climate
Demographics
As of the census 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, 0.6% African American, 0.2% Native American, 0.2% Asian, Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.5% of the population.
The median age of residents is 48.3.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Chelsea, Vermont” is town in Orange County, Vermont, United States. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Chelsea, Vermont and town, not as a finished interpretation.
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The phrase “town in Orange County, Vermont, United States” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 29, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1025389. VIAF identifies the subject as 155982172. The Library of Congress control number is n83226273. Authority coordinates are 43.994, -72.457. 2 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020 and 2010.
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This entry incorporates text from “Chelsea, Vermont” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.