The
land of Goshen
The land of Goshen ( he, אֶרֶץ גֹּשֶׁן, Modern: ''ʾEreẓ Gōšen'', Tiberian: ''ʾEreṣ Gōšen'') is named in the Hebrew Bible as the place in Egypt given to the Hebrews by the pharaoh of Joseph (Book of Genesis, ), and the la ...
is the Hebrew name of an area in the Nile delta in Ancient Egypt.
Goshen may also refer to:
Places
United States
Cities and towns
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Goshen, Alabama
Goshen is a town in Pike County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 266, down from 300 in 2000. It incorporated in 1907.
History
A post office called Goshen has been in operation since 1839. The town was named after t ...
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Goshen, Arkansas
Goshen is a city in Washington County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,071 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Northwest Arkansas region. According to Business Insider, it is the “most educated” city in the state of Arkansas (S ...
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Goshen, California
Goshen is a census-designated place (CDP) near Visalia, in Tulare County, California, United States. The population was 3,006 at the 2010 census, up from 2,394 at the 2000 census. Until the twentieth century, Goshen was an island in a marsh at th ...
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Goshen, Connecticut
Goshen is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 3,150 at the 2020 census.
Geography
Goshen is in central Litchfield County and is bordered to the east by the city of Torrington. According to the United State ...
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Goshen, Georgia
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Goshen, Idaho
Goshen is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community in Bingham County, Idaho, Bingham County, Idaho, United States.
History
The first settlement at Goshen was made in 1883. A post office called Goshen was established in 1 ...
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Goshen, Indiana
Goshen ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Elkhart County, Indiana, United States. It is the smaller of the two principal cities of the Elkhart-Goshen Metropolitan Statistical Area, which in turn is part of the South Bend-Elkhart-Mishawaka ...
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Goshen College
Goshen College is a Private college, private Mennonite Church USA, Mennonite Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Goshen, Indiana. It was founded in 1894 as the Elkhart Institute of Science, Industry and the Arts, ...
, a Mennonite college
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Goshen, Kentucky
Goshen is a home rule-class city in Oldham County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 909 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Nestled along the banks of the Ohio River northeast of Louisville, Goshen is located at (38.401581, -85.58 ...
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Goshen, Massachusetts
Goshen is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 960 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town has a rural atmosphere, with one general store, ...
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Goshen, Missouri
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Goshen, New Hampshire
Goshen is a town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 796 at the 2020 census.
History
Incorporated in 1791, Goshen was first settled in 1768 as a part of Saville (now Sunapee). The name "Goshen" may have been t ...
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Goshen, New Jersey
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Goshen, New York
Goshen is a town in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 13,687 at the 2010 census. The town is named after the Biblical Land of Goshen. It contains a village also called Goshen, which is the county seat of Orange County ...
, a town
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Goshen (village), New York
Goshen is a village in and the county seat of Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 5,777 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown metropolitan area as well as the larger New York metropo ...
, in the town of Goshen
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Goshen, Ohio
Goshen is a census-designated place in central Goshen Township, Clermont County, Ohio, United States. It is centered on State Route 28 (especially where it overlaps with State Routes 132 and 48), approximately midway between Milford and B ...
, in Clermont County
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Goshen, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Goshen is an unincorporated community in Tuscarawas County, in the U.S. state of Ohio
Ohio () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Of the List of states and territories of the United ...
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Goshen, Oregon
Goshen is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States. It is located at the junction of Oregon Route 58, Oregon Route 99, and Interstate 5.
History
In 1853, there was stagecoach stop at what is now Goshen, on the stage lin ...
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Goshen, Texas (disambiguation), multiple uses
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Goshen, Utah
Goshen is a town in Utah County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Provo–Orem Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 921 at the 2010 census.
History
The first settlement at Goshen was made in 1857 by a colony of Mormon pi ...
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Goshen Reservoir
Goshen Reservoir is a small reservoir located in Utah County, Utah. It is an impoundment of Currant Creek downstream from Mona Reservoir
Mona Reservoir is a large reservoir on Currant Creek in the north end of Juab Valley, Juab County, Utah
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Goshen Valley
The Goshen Valley is a valley located in southern Utah County, Utah, and the valley forms part of its southeast border with the Wasatch Front, and parts of the Wasatch Range. The valley is an extension southwesterly of the Utah Valley.
A souther ...
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Goshen, Vermont
Goshen is a town in Addison County, Vermont, United States. The population was 172 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census.
Geography
Goshen is located in southern Addison County, within the Green Mountains. It is bordered by the town of Fo ...
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Goshen, Virginia
Goshen is a town in Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States. The population was 361 in the 2010 census.
The town is known for hosting Goshen Scout Reservation, one of the largest Boy Scout camps in America.
History
Goshen was once inhabited b ...
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Goshen Scout Reservation
Goshen Scout Reservation is a Boy Scout reservation designated to camping, swimming, hiking and other various activities. Goshen is home to six Boy Scouts of America resident summer camps located near Goshen, Virginia, and is owned and operated ...
, a Boy Scout reservation
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Goshen, Washington Goshen was a pioneer town in western Whatcom County (approximately 5 miles northeast of Bellingham, and 10 miles south of the US border with Canada).
Goshen was a logging and farming community.
It was a stop on the rail line of the Bellingham B ...
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Goshen, West Virginia
Goshen is an unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers ...
Other places
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Goshen Avenue
Goshen Avenue , also known as Murray Avenue, is one of the principal east–west arterial roads in Visalia, California, United States. It was named after the community of Goshen. The name has a biblical origin and generally has come to mean " ...
, a street in Visalia, California
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Goshen County, Wyoming
Goshen County is a county in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 12,498. Its county seat is Torrington. The eastern boundary of the County borders the Nebraska state line.
Goshen County produces m ...
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Goshen Road Goshen Road was an early road that ran from Old Shawneetown, Illinois, on the Ohio River, northwest to the Goshen Settlement, near Glen Carbon, Illinois, near the Mississippi River. In the early 19th century, this was the main east/west road in Illi ...
, an early road across Illinois
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Goshen Settlement The Goshen Settlement was an early American pioneer settlement in what is now Illinois, USA, located to the east of St. Louis, Missouri. The settlement was located about one mile (1.6 km) southwest of modern Glen Carbon, Illinois, at the point ...
, a historical area in Illinois
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Goshen Township (disambiguation) Goshen Township may refer to:
Arkansas
* Goshen Township, Washington County, Arkansas
Illinois
* Goshen Township, Stark County, Illinois
Iowa
* Goshen Township, Muscatine County, Iowa
Kansas
* Goshen Township, Clay County, Kansas
Ohio
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Elsewhere
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Goshen, Tasmania
Goshen is a rural locality in the local government area of Break O'Day in the North-east region of Tasmania. It is located about north-west of the town of St Helens. The 2016 census determined a population of 93 for the state suburb of Goshe ...
, Australia, a locality
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Goshen, Nova Scotia
Goshen is a Canadian rural community in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia.
The community is approximately 30 km south of Antigonish, 30 km north of Sherbrooke and 30 km west of Guysborough on Route 316.
Its economy is tied to farm ...
, Canada, a rural community
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State of Goshen, South Africa, a short-lived Boer republic
Other uses
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Goshen Coach
Goshen Coach was an American cutaway bus builder located in Salina, Kansas.
The company was founded in 1985 and was owned by Thor Industries from 2005 until August 2013, when Thor sold the company to Allied Specialty Vehicles (later renamed REV ...
, a small bus manufacturer in Elkhart, Indiana
See also
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Goshen point, a Paleo-Indian projectile point
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Goschen (disambiguation) Goschen or Göschen is a surname of German origin. It may refer to:
People
* Arthur Goschen (1880–1975), British Army officer
* Sir Edward Goschen, 1st Baronet (1847–1924), British diplomat
* Georg Joachim Göschen (1752–1828), German printer ...
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