Goshen Township is one of the sixteen townships

Civil township

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 of Belmont County

Belmont County, Ohio

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, Ohio

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 3,252 people in the township, 1,307 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Union Township
  Union Township, Belmont County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,151 people in the township, 1,852 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Richland Township
  Richland Township, Belmont County, Ohio
  Richland Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 13,571 people in the township, 8,514 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Smith Township
  Smith Township, Belmont County, Ohio
  Smith Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,445 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Richland Township - north...
  
   - east
• Wayne Township
  Wayne Township, Belmont County, Ohio
  Wayne Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 624 people in the township, 587 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Somerset Township
  Somerset Township, Belmont County, Ohio
  Somerset Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,186 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Warren Township
  Warren Township, Belmont County, Ohio
  Warren Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,870 people in the township, 1,645 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Kirkwood Township
  Kirkwood Township, Belmont County, Ohio
  Kirkwood Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 353 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Flushing Township - north...
  
   - northwest

Two villages are located in Goshen Township: Belmont

Belmont, Ohio

Belmont is a village in Belmont County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Wheeling, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 532 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Belmont is located at ....

 in the north, and Bethesda

Bethesda, Ohio

Bethesda is a village in Belmont County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Wheeling, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,413 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Bethesda is located at ....

in the center.

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.