Goshen Township is one of the fourteen
townships
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
of
Mahoning County, Ohio
Mahoning County is located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 228,614. Its county seat and largest city is Youngstown, Ohio, Youngstown. The county is List of Ohio county name etymolo ...
, United States. The
2020 census recorded 3,101 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Ellsworth Township - northeast
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Green Township - east
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Perry Township, Columbiana County - southeast
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Butler Township, Columbiana County - south
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Knox Township, Columbiana County - southwest corner
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Smith Township - west
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Berlin Township - northwest
No municipalities are located in Goshen Township, although the
unincorporated community
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of
Damascus
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lies in the southwestern part of the township.
Name and history
Named after
Goshen, Connecticut
Goshen is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 3,150 at the 2020 census. The town is part of the Northwest Hills Planning Region.
Geography
Goshen is in central Litchfield County and is bordered to the ea ...
, is one of seven
Goshen Townships statewide.
Goshen Township was established in 1810. For many years, the township was part of
Columbiana County
Columbiana County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 101,877. The county seat is Lisbon and its largest city is Salem. Created in 1803, the county name is derived from that of 15th-centur ...
, 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,
§503.24§505.01
an
§507.01
of the Ohio Revised Code
The ''Ohio Revised Code'' (ORC) contains all current statutes of the Ohio General Assembly of a permanent and general nature, consolidated into provisions, titles, chapters and sections. However, the only official publication of the enactments o ...
. Accessed April 30, 2009. 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.
References
External links
Township websiteCounty website
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Townships in Mahoning County, Ohio
1810 establishments in Ohio
Populated places established in 1810
Townships in Ohio