Chelsea, Indiana | |
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Unincorporated community | |
  Chelsea  Chelsea | |
| Coordinates:38°39′02″N85°31′30″W / 38.65056°N 85.52500°W /38.65056; -85.52500 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Jefferson |
| Township | Saluda |
| Elevation | 787 ft (240 m) |
| ZIP code | 47138 |
| FIPS code | 18-12250[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 432440[1] |
Chelsea is anunincorporated community inSaluda Township,Jefferson County,Indiana.
A post office was established at Chelsea in 1883, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1903.[3] The community was likely named directly or indirectly afterChelsea, London.[4]
Chelsea was hit by a tornado on March 2, 2012, in which three people died. A fourth fatality occurred about one mile away inPaynesville.[5]
Chelsea is located onIndiana 62, betweenNew Washington andHanover.[5]
...name apparently comes from the district in London, perhaps via Maine.
People who have lived in Chelsea, on Ind. 62 between New Washington and Hanover, know the crossroads at Jackson Road where the tornado hit as the Jackson ancestral heart.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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