Goshen Township, Mahoning County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Goshen Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Mahoning County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 85.6
area_land_km2 = 85.5
area_water_km2 = 0.1
area_total_sq_mi = 33.1
area_land_sq_mi = 33.0
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 3281
population_density_km2 = 38.4
population_density_sq_mi = 99.4

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 371
elevation_ft = 1217
latd = 40 |latm = 55 |lats = 54 |latNS = N
longd = 80 |longm = 55 |longs = 46 |longEW = W

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Goshen Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,281 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39099 Mahoning County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

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

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.mahoningcountyoh.gov County website]