Goshen Township is one of the fifteen townships

Civil township

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 of Hardin County

Hardin County, Ohio

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, Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 585 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Jackson Township, Wyandot County
  Jackson Township, Wyandot County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the thirteen townships of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 643 people in the township, 511 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Marseilles Township, Wyandot County
  Marseilles Township, Wyandot County, Ohio
  Marseilles Township is one of the thirteen townships of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 446 people in the township, 322 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Grand Township, Marion County
  Grand Township, Marion County, Ohio
  Grand Township is one of the fifteen townships of Marion County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 385 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Montgomery Township, Marion County
  Montgomery Township, Marion County, Ohio
  Montgomery Township is one of the fifteen townships of Marion County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,498 people in the township, 1,175 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Dudley Township
  Dudley Township, Hardin County, Ohio
  Dudley Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,257 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Goshen Township - north...
  
   - south
• Pleasant Township
  Pleasant Township, Hardin County, Ohio
  Pleasant Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 8,608 people in the township, 1,662 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Hardin County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,139 people in the township, 513 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
  - northwest

No municipalities are located in Goshen Township.

Government

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, 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.