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Welcome to Goshen ...So far, we found very little information about Goshen. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Goshen to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Goshen, please Contact Us. Goshen would have been located within present day Lincoln County<2>. The location of Goshen has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Goshen, you might consider that their post office opened in 1852. While the community is gone, the present day location for Goshen is 940 feet [287 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Goshen was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Goshen (for example, toward Cole City (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). The location where Goshen once stood is in the (931) area code. Communities Also Named Goshen ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Tennessee communities named Goshen: This one is located in Lincoln County and the other is located in Hawkins County. Beyond Tennessee, there are 51 communities that are also named Goshen - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, California, Connecticut (2), Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi (2), Missouri, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina (2), Nova Scotia (5), Ohio (2), Ontario (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina, Texas (3), Utah, Vermont (2), Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Goshen. Communities near Goshen ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near 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 Goshen. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Goshen. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of 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 Goshen. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Goshen. See our Newspapers Page for Goshen. Adding Goshen to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Goshen in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Goshen was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Goshen in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870). For more details, see References and Mentions for Goshen. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/ Footnotes ...
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