Official Name: | Chelsea, Indiana |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Indiana#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Chelsea |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Jefferson |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Saluda |
Coordinates: | 38.6506°N -85.525°W |
Elevation Ft: | 787 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 47138 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-12250[1] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 432440 |
Chelsea is an unincorporated community in Saluda Township, Jefferson County, Indiana.
A post office was established at Chelsea in 1883, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1903.[2] The community was likely named directly or indirectly after Chelsea, London.[3]
Chelsea was hit by a tornado on March 2, 2012, in which three people died. A fourth fatality occurred about one mile away in Paynesville.
Chelsea is located on Indiana 62, between New Washington and Hanover.