Goshen Township is one of the twenty-two townships

Civil township

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 of Tuscarawas County

Tuscarawas County, Ohio

Tuscarawas County is a county located in the eastern part of the state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 92,582. Its county seat is New Philadelphia...

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 5,285 people in the township, 4,225 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Fairfield Township
  Fairfield Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
  Fairfield Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,487 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Warren Township
  Warren Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
  Warren Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,194 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast
• Union Township
  Union Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,599 people in the township, 1,277 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Mill Township
  Mill Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
  Mill Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 10,290 people in the township, 1,835 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Warwick Township
  Warwick Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
  Warwick Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,746 people in the township, 1,788 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• York Township
  York Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
  York Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,292 people in the township.-Geography:Located at the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Dover Township - north...
  
   - southwest
• Dover Township
  Dover Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
  Dover Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,726 people in the township, 4,485 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

Several municipalities are located in Goshen Township:

• New Philadelphia
  New Philadelphia, Ohio
  New Philadelphia is a city in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States, 71 miles south of Cleveland on the Tuscarawas River. It was first incorporated in 1808. Coal and clay are found in the vicinity...
  
  , a city and the county seat
  County seat
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   of Tuscarawas County, in the center and northwest
• Part of Barnhill
  Barnhill, Ohio
  Barnhill is a village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The population was 364 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Barnhill is located at ....
  
  , a village, in the southeast
• Part of Midvale
  Midvale, Ohio
  Midvale is a village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The population was 547 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Midvale is located at ....
  
  , a village, in the southeast
• Part of Roswell
  Roswell, Ohio
  Roswell is a village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The population was 276 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Roswell is located at ....
  
  , a village, in the west

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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Within the township's boundaries is the old village of Goshen which was one of the settlements of the Christian Munsee

Christian Munsee

The Christian Munsee were a group of Lenape native American Indians, primarily Munsee-speaking, who converted to Christianity, following the teachings of the Moravian missionaries...

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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.