Goshen Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio

Goshen Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio

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


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

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area_total_km2 = 70.3
area_land_km2 = 69.3
area_water_km2 = 1.0
area_total_sq_mi = 27.1
area_land_sq_mi = 26.7
area_water_sq_mi = 0.4

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 5285
population_density_km2 = 76.3
population_density_sq_mi = 197.6

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 291
elevation_ft = 955
latd = 40 |latm = 27 |lats = 56 |latNS = N
longd = 81 |longm = 24 |longs = 28 |longEW = W

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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. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39177 Tuscarawas County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

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

It is one of seven Goshen Townships statewide.

Within the township's boundaries is the old village of Goshen which was one of the settlements of the Christian Munsee.fact|date=August 2008

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. [ [http://www.co.tuscarawas.oh.us/Engineer/Trustees.htm Tuscarawas County, Ohio — Engineer: Joseph S. Bachman] . Tuscarawas County. Accessed 2007-06-01.]

References

External links

* [http://www.co.tuscarawas.oh.us County website]


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