Goshen Township (Belmont County, Ohio)

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Goshen Township
Goshen Township, Ohio
Goshen Township
Goshen Township
Location in Ohio
Basic data
State : United States
State : Ohio
County : Belmont County
Coordinates : 40 ° 0 ′  N , 81 ° 3 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 0 ′  N , 81 ° 3 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 3,252 (as of: 2000)
Population density : 34.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 94.4 km 2  (approx. 36 mi 2 ) of
which 94.2 km 2  (approx. 36 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 361 m
Area code : +1 740
FIPS : 39-30968
GNIS ID : 1085778
Map of Belmont County Ohio With Municipal and Township Labels.PNG
Belmont County's townships

Goshen Township is one of 16 townships of Belmont County in the US state of Ohio . According to the census in 2000 , 3252 inhabitants were registered here.

geography

Goshen Township is located slightly southwest of the geographic center of Belmont County in east Ohio and is bordered clockwise by the townships: Union Township , Richland Township , Smith Township , Wayne Township , Somerset Township , Warren Township and Kirkwood Township .

administration

The township is administered by a Board of Trustees consisting of three elected members. Two people are elected in the year after the presidential election and one in the year before. The term of office usually lasts four years and begins on January 1st. There is also a township clerk (secretary), who is also elected for a four-year term in the year before the presidential election. His term of office begins on April 1st.

Individual evidence

  1. Population figures at Factfinder.census.gov ( Memento from February 12, 2020 in the web archive archive.today )