Goshen Township, Belmont County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, United States

Goshen Township, Belmont County, Ohio

Township

Dam at Barkcamp State Park

Location of Goshen Township in Belmont County

Coordinates: 40°0′30″N 81°3′28″W﻿ / ﻿40.00833°N 81.05778°W﻿ / 40.00833; -81.05778
Country| United States
State| Ohio
County| Belmont
Area

• Total| 36.4 sq mi (94.4 km2)
• Land| 36.1 sq mi (93.4 km2)
• Water| 0.4 sq mi (1.0 km2)
Elevation

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| 1,184 ft (361 m)
Population

(2020)

• Total| 3,027
• Density| 83/sq mi (32/km2)
Time zone| UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code| 39-30968[2]
GNIS feature ID| 1085778[1]

Goshen Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census reported a population of 3,027 people in the township.[3]

## Geography

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Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:

* Union Township \- north
* Richland Township \- northeast
* Smith Township \- east
* Wayne Township \- south
* Somerset Township \- southwest corner
* Warren Township \- west
* Kirkwood Township \- northwest

Two villages are located in Goshen Township: Belmont in the north, and Bethesda in the center.

## Name and history

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Goshen Township was settled about 1801 by settlers from Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ireland.[4] These settlers probably named their new township after a Goshen Township in Chester County, Pennsylvania.[5]

Goshen Township was described in 1833 as having several gristmills and saw mills, three or four fulling mills and carding machines.[4]

It is one of seven Goshen Townships statewide.[6]

## Government

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The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January 1. Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. There is also an elected township fiscal officer,[7] who serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 of the year after the election, which is held in November of the year before the presidential election. Vacancies in the fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

## References

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1. ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
3. ^ "Goshen township, Belmont County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
4. ^ a b Kilbourn, John (1833). The Ohio Gazetteer, or, a Topographical Dictionary. Scott and Wright. pp. 218. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
5. ^ McKelvey, A. T. (1903). Centennial History of Belmont County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens. Biographical Publishing Company. pp. 290.
6. ^ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved February 16, 2007.
7. ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

## External links

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* County website

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Municipalities and communities of Belmont County, Ohio, United States

County seat: St. Clairsville

Cities|

* Martins Ferry
* St. Clairsville

Map of Ohio highlighting Belmont County

Villages|

* Barnesville
* Bellaire
* Belmont
* Bethesda
* Bridgeport
* Brookside
* Fairview‡
* Flushing
* Holloway
* Morristown
* Powhatan Point
* Shadyside
* Wilson‡
* Yorkville‡

Townships|

* Colerain
* Flushing
* Goshen
* Kirkwood
* Mead
* Pease
* Pultney
* Richland
* Smith
* Somerset
* Union
* Warren
* Washington
* Wayne
* Wheeling
* York

CDPs|

* Bannock
* Blaine
* Glencoe
* Lafferty
* Lansing
* Lloydsville
* Neffs
* Wolfhurst

Unincorporated
communities|

* Alledonia
* Anvil
* Armstrongs Mills
* Badgertown
* Baileys Mills
* Barton
* Boston
* Businessburg
* Captina
* Centerville
* Colerain
* Crescent
* Dilles Bottom
* Egypt
* Fairpoint
* Farmington
* Hendrysburg
* Hunter
* Jacobsburg
* Key
* Lamira
* Maynard
* McClainville
* Pleasant Grove
* Riverview
* Sewellsville
* Somerton
* Steinersville
* Stewartsville
* Tacoma
* Temperanceville
* Uniontown
* Warnock

Ghost town|

* Kelsey

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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