Chelsea (Massachusetts)

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Chelsea
St Stanislaus Bishop and Martyrs Parish, Chelsea MA.jpg
Location in Massachusetts
Chelsea (Massachusetts)
Chelsea
Chelsea
Basic data
Foundation : 1624
State : United States
State : Massachusetts
County : Suffolk County
Coordinates : 42 ° 24 ′  N , 71 ° 2 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 24 ′  N , 71 ° 2 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 39,690 (as of 2019)
Population density : 6,914.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 6.38 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of
which 5.74 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 3 m
Postal code : 02150
Area code : +1 617, 857
FIPS : 25-13205
GNIS ID : 0612723
Website : www.chelseama.gov

Chelsea is an American city in Suffolk County , Massachusetts , separated from the metropolis of Boston by the Mystic River .

With 35,177 residents, it is the smallest town in Massachusetts.

geography

Chelsea is located on a peninsula in Boston Harbor and is bordered to the north by Revere and to the west and north-west by Everett . To the southwest, Chelsea is separated from Boston’s Charlestown by the Mystic River , and to the east it is separated from East Boston by the Chelsea River (also sometimes referred to as Chelsea Creek ). It is located near Logan International Airport in East Boston.

history

The Chelsea area was first named Winnisimmet (which means "good spring nearby"), after a Native American tribe who once lived in the area.

It was founded in 1624 by Samuel Maverick as a permanent trading post . In 1635 Maverick sold Winnisimmet to Richard Bellingham . The parish remained part of Boston until it was spun off and named after Chelsea , a neighborhood in London , England in 1793 .

In 1775, the area was fought at the Battle of Chelsea Creek , the second battle of the Revolution in which American forces hijacked a British ship. Part of George Washington's army was stationed in Chelsea ( Siege of Boston ).

Chelsea originally comprised North Chelsea, (now Revere), Winthrop and parts of Saugus . In 1846, North Chelsea was designated as a separate city. Chelsea was re-established in 1857. It developed as an industrial center: rubber , boats, shoes and adhesives were made here. It became the home of the Chelsea Naval Hospital designed by Alexander Parris . On April 12, 1908, almost half of the city was destroyed in the first major Chelsea fire. In 1973 the Second Great Chelsea Fire burned eighteen blocks of houses . In 1950, the Tobin Bridge , which connects Chelsea with Boston, was completed.

More recently there has been an increased emphasis on economic development and the boom in Boston has led to an influx of new business and home buyers. In 1998, Chelsea became the winner of the All-America City Award . The town is home to a Carnegie library that was built in 1910.

Attractions

The National Register of Historic Places lists eight historic locations: Bellingham Square Historic District, Bellingham-Cary House (home of Governor Richard Bellingham), C. Henry Kimball House, Chelsea Garden Cemetery, Congregation Agudath Shalom (a synagogue), Downtown Chelsea Residential Historic District (a borough built in 1908), Naval Hospital Boston Historic Distric, and the Revere Beach Parkway.

Demographic data

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1790 472 -
1800 849 79.9%
1810 594 -30%
1820 642 8.1%
1830 771 20.1%
1840 2390 210%
1850 6701 180.4%
1860 13,395 99.9%
1870 18,547 38.5%
1880 21,782 17.4%
1890 27,909 28.1%
1900 34,072 22.1%
1910 32,452 -4.8%
1920 43.184 33.1%
1930 45,816 6.1%
1940 41,259 -9.9%
1950 38,912 -5.7%
1960 33,749 -13.3%
1970 30,625 -9.3%
1980 25,431 -17%
1990 28,710 12.9%
2000 35,080 22.2%
2010 35,177 0.3%

Well known residents and native Chelseaers

See also

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Chelsea city, Massachusetts . US Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved July 3, 2012.