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Welcome to New Goshen ...

New Goshen is located in Vigo County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of New Goshen, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.

New Goshen is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: New Goshen lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from New Goshen (for example, toward Vermilion (IL)), you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for New Goshen: 812 & 930<3>

The ZIP code for New Goshen: 47863<4>

Communities Also Named New Goshen ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named New Goshen - it's located in Alabama.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for New Goshen.

Communities near New Goshen ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near New Goshen.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around New Goshen. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for New Goshen.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of New Goshen. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Goshen.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around New Goshen. See our Newspapers Page for New Goshen.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for New Goshen ...

Looking for more information about New Goshen? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for New Goshen, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for New Goshen.

Adding New Goshen to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of New Goshen in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for New Goshen was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the New Goshen post office opened in 1851.

For more details, see References and Mentions for New Goshen.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Vigo, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around New Goshen - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 812 code has been Overlayed with the 930 area code. New phone numbers in the New Goshen area will be assigned with one of these codes: 812 or 930. As a result, placing a call in the New Goshen area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as New Goshen). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether New Goshen or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/