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History · Goshen Township

30% of Goshen Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1913 on.

0on the National Register
30%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Goshen Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Goshen Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19135 editions of the USGS map, 1913 to 1983. Watch Goshen Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Goshen Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Goshen Township on the map, 1913 to 1983

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Goshen Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Goshen Township on the 1913 USGS mapGoshen Township on the 1943 USGS mapGoshen Township on the 1961 USGS mapGoshen Township on the 1973 USGS mapGoshen Township on the 1983 USGS map1913Alger sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Goshen Township.

The story so far

Goshen Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Goshen Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Goshen Township is one of the fourteen townships of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 472 people in the township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 529 to 472 (-11%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Goshen Township, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Market west of Main, New Hampshire2015Market west of Main, New HampshireMap of Auglaize County Ohio Highlighting Goshen Township2015Map of Auglaize County Ohio Highlighting Goshen Towns…MapNew Hampshire United Methodist Church2010New Hampshire United Methodist ChurchNew Hampshire Church of the Nazarene2010New Hampshire Church of the NazareneOHMap-doton-New Hampshire2006OHMap-doton-New HampshireGoshen Auglaize2006Goshen Auglaize
Places that used to be

Old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
New Hampshire
Gone or out of use
Beehive SchoolschoolGoshen SchoolschoolManchester Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Goshen Township
Walnut Hill

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Wayne TownshipIts storyBStokes TownshipIts storyCRoundhead TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (6), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.