THE CHELSEA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Flint Hills setting.
Chelsea township has 100.8 square miles of land in Butler County. Its Census reference point is in Flint Hills.
Rolling limestone and shale hills are divided by narrow valleys. The Flint Hills preserve extensive tallgrass-prairie landscapes, with rocky uplands contrasting with the smoother cropland regions nearby.
Regional context: Flint Hills ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Chelsea and Butler County
Chelsea is associated with Butler County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Chelsea by land and water
The Census records 6.24 square miles of water within Chelsea, or 5.8% of its total area. It is 4.7 percentage points higher than the 1.2% recorded for Butler County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Chelsea township has 88.5% of the land area of nearby Sycamore township (114 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

