Official Name: | Goshen Township, Clermont County, Ohio |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Coordinates: | 39.2336°N -84.1681°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Ohio |
Subdivision Name2: | Clermont |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 88.6 |
Area Land Km2: | 88.3 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.4 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 259 |
Elevation Ft: | 850 |
Population Total: | 16057 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Density Km2: | 175.6 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 45122 |
Area Code: | 513 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 39-31010[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1085863 |
Goshen Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The population was 16,057 at the 2020 census.[3]
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
No municipalities are located in Goshen Township, although the unincorporated community of Goshen lies in the township's center.
It is one of seven Goshen Townships statewide.[4]
On July 6, 2022 Goshen Township and some surrounding areas were devastated by a EF-2 tornado. This tornado went through the heart of Goshen Township, striking the main fire station, the police department, & the township office building. The township office building also serves as the communities tornado shelter. The main fire station suffered severe damage with partial collapse of the building. The tornado continued on a southeast track through Goshen Township, destroying several homes and causing damage to all of the school buildings located on the Goshen local school district grounds.
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,[5] 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.