Goshen Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
| Goshen Township, Ohio | |
|---|---|
| Township | |
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 Municipalities and townships of Tuscarawas County. | |
| Coordinates: 40°27′56″N 81°24′28″W / 40.46556°N 81.40778°WCoordinates: 40°27′56″N 81°24′28″W / 40.46556°N 81.40778°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Tuscarawas |
| Area | |
| • Total | 27.1 sq mi (70.3 km2) |
| • Land | 26.7 sq mi (69.3 km2) |
| • Water | 0.4 sq mi (1.0 km2) |
| Elevation[1] | 955 ft (291 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 5,285 |
| • Density | 197.6/sq mi (76.3/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| FIPS code | 39-31066[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1087056[1] |
Goshen Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,285 people in the township, 4,225 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[3]
Geography
Located in the east central part of the county, it borders the following townships:
- Fairfield Township - north
- Warren Township - northeast
- Union Township - east
- Mill Township - southeast
- Warwick Township - south
- York Township - southwest
- Dover Township - northwest
Several municipalities are located in Goshen Township:
- New Philadelphia, a city and the county seat of Tuscarawas County, in the center and northwest
- Part of Barnhill, a village, in the southeast
- Part of Midvale, a village, in the southeast
- Part of Roswell, a village, in the west
Name and history
Goshen Township is named after the Land of Goshen, whose name was meant to imply fertility of the soil.[4] It is one of seven Goshen Townships statewide.[5]
Within the township's boundaries is the old village of Goshen which was one of the settlements of the Christian Munsee.
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, 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. The current trustees are Glenn Carlisle, Joe Ginnetti, and Bill Miller, and the fiscal officer is John Hurst.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ↑ Tuscarawas County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
- ↑ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 140.
- ↑ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved 2007-02-16.
- ↑ Tuscarawas County, Ohio — Engineer: Joseph S. Bachman. Tuscarawas County. Accessed 2007-06-01.
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