Chelsea Vermont Map

About Chelsea, Vermont

Chelsea is a locality in Orange County, Vermont, United States. It is a small community with a population of 342. The population density is 148.4 people per km². Chelsea is located at 43.9898°N, 72.4476°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 05038.

Chelsea emerges from the landscape as a collection of white-timbered structures gathered near the steady, winding path of the First Branch White River. It lies 37.0 miles northeast of Rutland, VT (from Rutland, VT: bearing 45°T), and is situated 14.6 miles south of Barre. Beyond the village center, the terrain rises into rugged, wooded slopes that climb toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Green Mountains on the horizon. The air here holds a crisp, singular clarity, particularly as the light of late afternoon catches the sharp angles of the valley floor and illuminates the deep, dark verdure of the Chelsea Municipal Forest. To the south, the terrain dips into the shadowed, narrow gorge of Devils Den, where the earth feels older and more sequestered from the quiet pace of the roads above.

Chelsea maintains a rhythm dictated by the seasons, rooted in a history of agrarian labor and the persistent, quiet commerce of a place that values its own independence. The local economy persists in the traditions of the land, where the shadow of the Chelsea Town Forest provides a backdrop for a life lived close to the cycles of timber and field. Residents often navigate the rural topography toward the stillness of Keyser Pond, a mirror for the sky that sits amidst the dense, enduring growth of the surrounding wilderness. Life unfolds with a deliberate, unadorned quality, observed in the way the morning mist clings to the riverbanks or the sound of tires crunching over gravel roads that lead away from the village toward the quiet interior of the state.

About This Chelsea Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Chelsea, Vermont. Coordinates: 43.989788, -72.447599. 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 (05038), telephone area code (802), county seat of Orange County (Chelsea), and school district assignment (First Branch Unified School District).

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.