Goshen (Indiana)
| Goshen | |||
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 The Goshen Carnegie Public Library - today's City Hall |
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| Location in Indiana | |||
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| Foundation : | 1831 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Indiana | ||
| County : | Elkhart County | ||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 35 ′ N , 85 ° 50 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 31,719 (as of 2010) | ||
| FIPS : | 18-28386 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 435227 | ||
| Website : | goshenindiana.org | ||
Goshen is a city in Elkhart County , Indiana , USA , and its county seat . It is the smaller of the two urban centers of the Elkhart-Goshen Metropolitan Statistical Area .
The city is located in the northern part of Indiana near the Michigan border , in a region known as Michiana. Goshen is 10 miles southeast of Elkhart , 25 miles southeast of South Bend , 120 miles east of Chicago, and 150 miles north of Indianapolis . At the 2010 census, the population was 31,719 people.
The city is known as a center of recreational vehicle and accessory manufacturing, the home of Goshen College and the smaller Mennonite Liberal Arts College, and the location of the Elkhart County 4-H Fair, one of the largest county fairs in the United States. In addition, Goshen is located between two large nearby Amish settlement areas, that of Elkhart-LaGrange and that of Nappanee .
Town twinning
Goshen's twin town is the German town of Bexbach in Saarland.
sons and daughters of the town
- Howard Hawks (1896–1977), director
- Kenneth Hawks (1898–1930), director and film producer
- Philip D. Gingerich (* 1946), paleontologist
- Rick Mirer (born 1970), American football player
- Amy Yoder Begley (* 1978), long distance runner
- Kate Bolduan (born 1983), television journalist
