Goshen Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
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Goshen Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census recorded 3,101 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
- Ellsworth Township - northeast
- Green Township - east
- Perry Township, Columbiana County - southeast
- Butler Township, Columbiana County - south
- Knox Township, Columbiana County - southwest corner
- Smith Township - west
- Berlin Township - northwest
No municipalities are located in Goshen Township, although the unincorporated community of Damascus lies in the southwestern part of the township.
Name and history
Named after Goshen, Connecticut,{{cite book|last=Overman|first=William Daniel|title=Ohio Town Names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015015361465;view=1up;seq=69|year=1958|publisher=Atlantic Press|location=Akron, OH|page=53}} is one of seven Goshen Townships statewide.{{Cite web| title = Detailed map of Ohio| publisher = United States Census Bureau| year = 2000| url = http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/cousub_outline/cen2k_pgsz/oh_cosub.pdf| access-date =February 16, 2007}}
Goshen Township was established in 1810.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_K90yAQAAMAAJ | title=Twentieth Century History of Youngstown and Mahoning County | publisher=Biographical Publishing Company | author=Sanderson, Thomas W. | year=1907 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_K90yAQAAMAAJ/page/n197 204]}} For many years, the township was part of Columbiana County, before becoming part of Mahoning County in 1846.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OeA4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA311 | title=History of Columbiana County, Ohio: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers | publisher=Unigraphic | author=Mack, Horace | year=1879 | pages=311}}
Government
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,[http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/503.24 §503.24], [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/505.01 §505.01], and [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/507.01 §507.01] of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed April 30, 2009. 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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External links
- [http://www.goshentownship.com Township website]
- [http://www.mahoningcountyoh.gov County website]
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Category:Townships in Mahoning County, Ohio
Category:1810 establishments in Ohio