Goshen Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Mahoning County, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 3,281 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Ellsworth Township
  Ellsworth Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
  Ellsworth Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,234 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast
• Green Township
  Green Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
  Green Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,450 people in the township, 3,095 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Perry Township, Columbiana County
  Perry Township, Columbiana County, Ohio
  Perry Township is one of the eighteen townships of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 17,049 people in the township, 4,852 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Butler Township, Columbiana County
  Butler Township, Columbiana County, Ohio
  Butler Township is one of the eighteen townships of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,444 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Knox Township, Columbiana County
  Knox Township, Columbiana County, Ohio
  Knox Township is one of the eighteen townships of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,828 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships and city:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Smith Township
  Smith Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
  Smith Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,977 people in the township, 3,895 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Berlin Township - northwest

No municipalities are located in Goshen Township, although the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of Damascus

Damascus, Ohio

Damascus is a census-designated place in southwestern Goshen Township in Mahoning County and northwestern Butler Township in Columbiana County in the U.S. state of Ohio. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44619. Its elevation is 1,211 feet , and it is...

 lies in the southwestern part of the township.

Name and history

It is one of seven Goshen Townships statewide

Goshen Township, Ohio

Goshen Township, Ohio may refer to:*Goshen Township, Auglaize County, Ohio*Goshen Township, Belmont County, Ohio*Goshen Township, Champaign County, Ohio*Goshen Township, Clermont County, Ohio*Goshen Township, Hardin County, Ohio...

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For many years, the township was part of Columbiana County

Columbiana County, Ohio

Columbiana County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of 2010, the population was 107,841. It is named for Christopher Columbus and the county seat is Lisbon....

, before becoming part of Mahoning County in 1846.

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.