New Goshen, Indiana

New Goshen
—  Unincorporated town  —
Vigo County's location in Indiana
New Goshen Location in Vigo County, Indiana
Coordinates: 39°34′52″N 87°27′44″W / 39.58111°N 87.46222°W / 39.58111; -87.46222Coordinates: 39°34′52″N 87°27′44″W / 39.58111°N 87.46222°W / 39.58111; -87.46222
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Vigo
Township	Fayette
Elevation	643 ft (196 m)
ZIP code	47863
FIPS code	18-52956[1]
GNIS feature ID	440049[2]

New Goshen is an unincorporated town in Fayette Township, Vigo County, Indiana. It is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

New Goshen was platted and laid out May 17, 1853, by Hamilton Smith, William Ferguson, George Smith and John Hay. As of 1890 the population was approximately 180.^[3]

Geography

New Goshen is located at 39°34′52″N 87°27′44″W / 39.58111°N 87.46222°W / 39.58111; -87.46222 at an elevation of 643 feet.

It is bisected by U.S. Highway 150 that connects it to Paris, IL to the northwest and West Terre Haute to the southwest.

References

1. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ^ "New Goshen, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:440049. Retrieved 2009-10-17. 
3. ^ Bradsby, H.C. (1891). History of Vigo County, Indiana, with Biographical Selections. Chicago: S. B. Nelson & Co. pp. 479. http://www.archive.org/details/historyofvigocou00brad.