Chelsea Oklahoma Map

About Chelsea, Oklahoma

Chelsea is a locality in Rogers County, Oklahoma, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,991. The population density is 432.6 people per km². Chelsea is located at 36.5356°N, 95.4325°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Chelsea is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 74016.

Chelsea maintains a quiet vigil over the undulating prairie, where the horizon stretches thin against a sky that seems to breathe with the changing light. It lies 18.5 miles north-northeast of Claremore, OK (from Claremore, OK: bearing 33°T), and is situated 17.0 miles north-northwest of Pryor Creek. The land around Chelsea is defined by the steady, unhurried flow of Pryor Creek and the quiet presence of Chelsea Reservoir Number 2, which holds the reflection of the clouds in its still, dark surface. To the west, the distant Coker Hills rise like a jagged, blue-gray memory against the dusk, while the nearby Oologah Wildlife Management Area preserves the tallgrass and timber that once defined this expanse of Oklahoma. Here, the red dirt possesses a stubborn, iron-rich weight, clinging to the boots of those who traverse the open fields where the wind carries the dry, rhythmic whisper of late-season grasses.

Oil-derrick country defines the skeletal silhouette of the landscape, a physical testament to the extraction that once propelled the local economy into a fervor of activity. The legacy of Indian Territory remains in the bones of the architecture and the slow, deliberate pace of life, where the commerce of the present day still leans against the foundations laid by early cattle trails and coal extraction. Residents move through their days with an awareness of the shifting seasons, recognizing the sudden, sharp clarity of the air that precedes a storm and the way the shadows lengthen across the plains. In the quiet intersections of Chelsea, the intersection of ancestral paths and modern industry creates a singular atmosphere, one where the urgency of the modern world occasionally yields to the patient, enduring silence of the plains.

About This Chelsea Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Chelsea, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 36.535647, -95.432474. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Chelsea includes the ZIP code (74016), telephone area code (918), county seat of Rogers County (Claremore), and school district assignment (Chelsea Public Schools).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.