Goshen Township, Champaign County, Ohio

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official_name = Goshen Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Champaign County in Ohio


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Champaign

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area_total_km2 = 97.2
area_land_km2 = 97.2
area_water_km2 = 0.1
area_total_sq_mi = 37.5
area_land_sq_mi = 37.5
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 3383
population_density_km2 = 34.8
population_density_sq_mi = 90.2

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 330
elevation_ft = 1083
latd = 40 |latm = 4 |lats = 28 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 33 |longs = 28 |longEW = W

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Goshen Township is one of the twelve townships of Champaign County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,383 people in the township, 1,639 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39021 Champaign County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 12 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Rush Township - north
*Union Township, Union County - northeast
*Pike Township, Madison County - east
*Somerford Township, Madison County - southeast
*Pleasant Township, Clark County - south
*Union Township - west
*Wayne Township - northwest corner

The village of Mechanicsburg is located in the center of the township.

Name and history

It is one of seven Goshen Townships statewide.

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 clerk, 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 clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

External links

* [http://www.co.champaign.oh.us County website]
* [http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/geosurvey/pdf/cotwpmap.pdf County & Township Map of Ohio] (PDF object)