Goshen Township, Auglaize County, Ohio

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


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

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area_total_km2 = 46.2
area_land_km2 = 46.2
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area_total_sq_mi = 17.9
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population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 523
population_density_km2 = 11.3
population_density_sq_mi = 29.3

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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elevation_m = 312
elevation_ft = 1024
latd = 40 |latm = 33 |lats = 21 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 57 |longs = 6 |longEW = W

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Goshen Township is one of the fourteen townships of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 523 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39011 Auglaize County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southern part of the eastern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Wayne Township - north
*Roundhead Township, Hardin County - east
*Stokes Township, Logan County - south
*Clay Township - southwest
*Union Township - northwest

No municipalities are located in Goshen Township, although the unincorporated community of New Hampshire lies in the township's center.

Goshen Township contains slightly less than eighteen square miles. [ [http://www.auglaizecounty.org/Engineer/County%20map.htm Auglaize County, Ohio 2006 Highway Map] Auglaize County Engineer's Office, 2006. Accessed 5 July 2007.] It is the smallest township in terms of both population [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39011 Auglaize County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.] and area in Auglaize County. The southeastern part of the township is located in the Virginia Military District. [ [http://www.auglaizecounty.org/Engineer/County%20map.htm Auglaize County, Ohio 2006 Highway Map] Auglaize County Engineer's Office, 2006. Accessed 5 July 2007.]

Name and history

It is one of seven Goshen Townships statewide.

Originally part of Allen County, the township was formed in 1836. [http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FH9&CISOPTR=38590&REC=8 Auglaize County, Ohio Atlas and History, Piqua: Magee Brother Publishing, 1917. Accessed 5 July 2007. Page 123.]

The township was also involved in one of the last county border changes in Ohio. This change occurred in 1888 when part of Stokes Township in Logan County was exchanged to Clay Township for part of Goshen Township. [http://www.myohiogenealogy.com/oh_maps/oh_cf.htm Ohio County Formation Maps. Ohio Genealogical Society. Accessed 5 July 2007. "Year 1888".]

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.

The current trustees are Gary Horn, Donald Spangler, and Larry Williams, and Jodi Hennon is the township clerk. The trustees themselves plow snow and mow along the roads in the township. On November 6, 2007, Edward Spencer was elected to replace Larry Williams in January 2008.fact|date=November 2007

Public services

The Waynesfield-Goshen School District encompasses a large part of the township, with small portions in the northeast served by the Upper Scioto Valley Local School District.

The township is served by the Wapakoneta (45895) post office, the Waynesfield post office (45896) and the Lakeview (43331) post office. New Hampshire has its own zip code (45870).

References

External links

* [http://www.auglaizecounty.org County website]