Goshen, Ohio

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Goshen is an unincorporated community in Goshen Township, in northwest Clermont County, Ohio. It is centered on State Route 28 (especially where it overlaps with Ohio state routes 132 and 48), approximately midway between Milford and Blanchester. The current population of the township is approximately 14,331.

[edit] Citizens of Note

Sam Leever - Major League Baseball

Larry Jones - Major League Baseball

Bill Faul - Major League Baseball

Montgomery Maxton - Poet, Writer, Photographer, Civil Rights Activist

[edit] History

The township of Goshen, Ohio, was founded in about 1799 by German and English settlers, most of whom had migrated down the Ohio River from western Pennsylvania after fighting for the Colonies during the American Revolutionary War.


[edit] References

Clermont County, Ohio
Batavia, county seat
Municipalities

Amelia | Batavia | Bethel | Chilo | Felicity | Loveland | Milford | Moscow | Neville | New Richmond | Newtonsville | Owensville | Williamsburg

Townships

Batavia | Franklin | Goshen | Jackson | Miami | Monroe | Ohio | Pierce | Stonelick | Tate | Union | Washington | Wayne | Williamsburg

Census-designated places

Cherry Grove | Day Heights | Goshen | Mount Carmel | Mount Repose | Mulberry | Summerside | Withamsville

Other localities

Marathon | Miamiville | Point Pleasant