Chelsea is a town of 37 square miles
along the first branch of the White River and is bisected
by Route 110 running north and south. In 1781 a charter
was granted under the name of Turnersburg. The town
government was organized in 1788, though the town started
in 1784 and at that time listed a population of 897.
A unique feature of Chelsea is two
commons. On the north common stands the church in the
building that was completed in 1813. On the south common
stands the Country Court House, which was built in 1847.
As the center of the county, in 1795
the town was designated the seat of county government thus
becoming the "Shire Town".
Adjacent to the Court House is the
Chelsea School which has students K-12. For overnight
accommodations, you may want to stay in the beautiful 1832
mansion which houses the Shire
Inn.
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POP 1990 - 1,166; 2000 - 1,250
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