Official Name: | New Goshen, Indiana |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Mapsize: | 280px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Vigo |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Fayette |
Area Total Km2: | 8.64 |
Area Land Km2: | 8.57 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 402 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 39.5811°N -87.4622°W |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 196 |
Elevation Ft: | 643 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 47863 |
Area Code: | 812, 930 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-52956[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 440049 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [3] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 3.34 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.07 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 3.31 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.03 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 121.45 |
Population Density Km2: | 46.89 |
New Goshen is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fayette Township, Vigo County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[4] It is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area.
New Goshen was platted and laid out May 17, 1853, by Hamilton Smith, William Ferguson, George Smith and John Hay. As of 1890 the population was approximately 180.[5] Future U.S. Senator Birch Bayh was a resident and graduated from Fayette High; Fayette High closed in 1959 and was consolidated into today's West Vigo High School.
The post office at New Goshen has been in operation since 1851.[6]
New Goshen is located at 39.5811°N -87.4622°W at an elevation of 643 feet.
It is bisected by U.S. Route 150, which connects it to Paris, Illinois, to the northwest and West Terre Haute, Indiana, to the southwest.