Chelsea Township, Butler County, Kansas

Chelsea Township is a township in Butler County, Kansas, 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 Boston after Chelsea, Massachusetts. Some sources give it as the birthplace of painter Gladys Nelson Smith.

Geography

Chelsea Township covers an area of 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.