Goshen Township, Hardin County, Ohio

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Goshen Township, Hardin County, Ohio
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Goshen Township includes wide areas of flat farmland.
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Location of Goshen Township, Hardin County, Ohio
Coordinates: 40°40′46″N83°29′13″W / 40.67944°N 83.48694°W / 40.67944; -83.48694
Country United States
State Ohio
County Hardin
Area
 • Total28.4 sq mi (73.5 km2)
 • Land28.4 sq mi (73.5 km2)
 • Water0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation
[1]
935 ft (285 m)
Population
 (2020) [2]
 • Total529
 • Density19/sq mi (7.2/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code 39-31024 [3]
GNIS feature ID1086260 [1]

Goshen Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 529.

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Geography

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

No municipalities are located in Goshen Township.

Name and history

Goshen Township was organized in 1834. [4] This township derives its name from the biblical Land of Goshen. [5] It is one of seven Goshen Townships statewide. [6]

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, [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.

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References

  1. 1 2 "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ↑ "Goshen township, Hardin County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
  3. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ↑ The History of Hardin County, Ohio. Warner Beers & Company. 1883. p.  613.
  5. ↑ Kohler, Minnie Ichler (1910). A Twentieth Century History of Hardin County, Ohio: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Principal Interests,. Lewis Publishing Company. p.  30.
  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.
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