Local events in Goshen Township, Mahoning County
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How Goshen Township, Mahoning County began
Goshen Township was established in 1810, named for Goshen, Connecticut, and like four neighboring townships belonged to Columbiana County until 1846 -- it was never part of the Connecticut Western Reserve. Its principal community, Damascus, straddling the Mahoning-Columbiana county line in the township's southwest, was platted in 1808 and built up chiefly by Quaker settlers who named it for the ancient city of Damascus; its post office opened in 1828. The 1902 Damascus Grade School, still standing at what is now 14923 Morris Street, is the township's sole individually listed National Register site. Goshen Township remains a small, rural farming community without any incorporated municipality of its own.
Settled 1808 (Damascus platted by Quaker settlers), platted 1810 (township established, within Columbiana County), incorporated Added to Mahoning County in 1846; Damascus remains unincorporated, by Quaker settlers (Damascus); township namers drew on Goshen, Connecticut.
Where the name comes from
Goshen Township takes its name from Goshen, Connecticut (Ohio has six other Goshen townships). Damascus, its central community, is named for the ancient city of Damascus, Syria, reflecting the biblical place-naming common among the Quaker families who built up the settlement after it was platted in 1808.
Before the town
No Native village or earthwork specific to Goshen Township is documented in the sources consulted, and the 1907 county history, which names the first settlers in detail, records none.
Timeline
- — Anthony Morris, the first settler of record, locates on section 31; Thomas French settles at Damascus in 1805.
- — Stacy Shreeve and Joseph Kindele settle in section 19, James Brooke in section 7 and Isaac Votaw and Thomas Votaw come from Winchester, Virginia.
- — Damascus, in the township's southwest, is platted; the settlement is built up chiefly by Quaker families.
- — Horton Howard lays out Damascus; Aaron Stratton builds a gristmill on Beaver Creek.
- — Goshen Township is established within Columbiana County, named for Goshen, Connecticut.
- — Goshen Township is incorporated on September 11; a constable is chosen in December.
- — At an April meeting a committee picks a site on the southeast quarter of section 16 for an election house; Joseph Wright is clerk and Michael Stratton, Isaac Votaw and Levi Jennings are trustees.
- — A post office called Damascus opens to serve the settlement.
- — Goshen Township, previously part of Columbiana County, is added to the newly organized Mahoning County.
- — The Patmos post office opens with Levi A. Leyman as postmaster; the hamlet was named for an old hymn tune.
- — A post office opens at Garfield station with S. A. Fogg as postmaster.
- — The Damascus Grade School is built at what is now 14923 Morris Street (State Route 534).
- — Creameries and cheese factories are the township's main industries and Damascus is the seat of Damascus Academy.
- — The Damascus Grade School is added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 21.
- — The census counts 3,101 people in the township.
Stories
A biblical name on a Quaker map
When Quaker families platted a new settlement in the southwestern corner of what became Goshen Township in 1808, they named it for a city on the other side of the world with deep scriptural resonance: Damascus, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities on earth and a place named repeatedly in both the Old and New Testaments. The choice fit the naming habits of Quaker and other religiously minded settlers across the Ohio frontier, who frequently reached for biblical geography -- towns named Canaan, Salem, and Palestine dot the same corner of Ohio -- rather than honoring a local founder or a hometown back east, the more common pattern in the Connecticut Western Reserve townships to the north. Damascus grew slowly around its 1828 post office and, into the twentieth century, its own school; the 1902 Damascus Grade School survives today, straddling the Mahoning-Columbiana county line along with the rest of the small community, and remains the township's only individually National Register-listed building.
Photographs
Photo: Nyttend, via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Local history sources: en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org · archive.org
Historic places
1 place in Goshen Township, Mahoning County on the National Register of Historic Places. Press a pin or a name for its whole record.
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Damascus Grade SchoolBuilding · Damascus · listed 1989
- Address
- 14923 Morris St.
- Where
- Damascus, Mahoning County · ZIP 44619
- What it is
- Building
- Listed on the National Register
- 1989
- NRIS reference number
- 89001456
- Coordinates
- 40.90253, -80.95446
National Register file (NPS) ↗ Search Wikipedia ↗ Street map and directions ↗ On the Cracked Buckeye map
Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places point file. The listing year is shown where NPS's certification date agrees with the listing's reference number. Listing recognizes significance; it does not restrict a private owner.
Water
Mostly private wells The water here
- Salem City88% of residentsEast Cold Run Reservoir & Spring Valley Reservoir (Cold Run Creek)
- Sebring Village7% of residentsMahoning River (surface water intake)
- Washingtonville Village2% of residentsEast Cold Run Reservoir & Spring Valley Reservoir (Cold Run Creek)
- Deer Run Mc2% of residentsGroundwater wells (2 wells)
- Island Creek Homeowners0% of residentsGroundwater wells (2 wells)
Hospitals, fire stations and more
Inside Goshen Township, Mahoning County's boundary: 2 fire and EMS stations, 1 public school, 2 poor-rated bridges and 9 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.
Fire and EMS stations (2)
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Damascus Fire Department Station 1Damascus
- Address
- 14860 South Pricetown Road, Damascus, OH 44619
- Coordinates
- 40.90334, -80.95589
USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Damascus Fire Department Station 2Salem
- Address
- 11990 Stratton Road, Salem, OH 44460
- Coordinates
- 40.94568, -80.88698
USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: USGS National Map structures (most Ohio records last updated 2019 to 2022), checked against the Columbus and Cleveland station lists. The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction and mutual aid, not by distance.
Public schools (1)
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West Branch Early Learning Center3 of 5 stars · Salem
- Address
- 14405 Pricetown Rd, Salem, OH 44460
- School district
- West Branch Local School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 385
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 22
- Report card, 2025-26
- 3 of 5 stars
- Ohio building IRN
- 019281
- NCES school ID
- 390483803233
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: NCES EDGE public school locations 2024-25 and Common Core of Data 2023-24 (type, students, teachers); Ohio School Report Cards 2025-26 (Department of Education and Workforce), matched by name within the district.
Bridges rated poor (2)
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Goshen Rd. over Mdle Fork Little BeaverPoor · built 1958
- Condition
- Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
- What it is
- Bridge
- Built
- 1958
- Length
- 25 ft
- Owner
- County
- Vehicles a day
- 1,717
- Coordinates
- 40.94236, -80.88326
National Bridge Inventory (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Middletown Rd. over Middle Frk Lte Beaver CrPoor · built 1980
- Condition
- Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
- What it is
- Bridge
- Built
- 1980
- Length
- 24 ft
- Owner
- County
- Vehicles a day
- 171
- Coordinates
- 40.95906, -80.86420
National Bridge Inventory (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory 2025. "Poor" means one major part rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale; it calls for repair, not closing, unless the state posts or closes the bridge.
Spills reported since 2021 (9)
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Oil Crude2025-05-27 · Goshen Twp
- Reported
- 2025-05-27
- What spilled
- Oil Crude
- Where
- Goshen Twp, Mahoning County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2505EPA0000848
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Oil/ Home Heating / Heating Oil Reached water2025-04-09 · Goshen Twp
- Reported
- 2025-04-09
- What spilled
- Fuel Oil/ Home Heating / Heating Oil
- Largest amount reported
- 5 gallons
- Reached a waterway
- 99 - Unnamed
- Where
- Goshen Twp, Mahoning County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2504EPA0000534
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2025-04-01 · Goshen Twp
- Reported
- 2025-04-01
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Where
- Goshen Twp, Mahoning County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2504EPA0000469
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Oil Crude2025-01-27 · Goshen Twp
- Reported
- 2025-01-27
- What spilled
- Oil Crude
- Where
- Goshen Twp, Mahoning County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2501EPA0000106
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Oil Crude2024-06-02 · Goshen Twp
- Reported
- 2024-06-02
- What spilled
- Oil Crude
- Largest amount reported
- 50 gallons
- Where
- Goshen Twp, Mahoning County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2406EPA0000920
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Oil Crude2023-06-08 · Goshen Twp
- Reported
- 2023-06-08
- What spilled
- Oil Crude
- Where
- Goshen Twp, Mahoning County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2306EPA0000945
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Oil Crude2023-03-22 · Goshen Twp
- Reported
- 2023-03-22
- What spilled
- Oil Crude
- Largest amount reported
- 70 gallons
- Where
- Goshen Twp, Mahoning County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2303EPA0000422
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon Reached water2022-04-22 · Goshen Twp
- Reported
- 2022-04-22
- What spilled
- Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon
- Reached a waterway
- 99 - Unnamed
- Where
- Goshen Twp, Mahoning County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2204EPA0000562
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fertilizer(S) Nos (Not Specified)2021-05-19 · Goshen Twp
- Reported
- 2021-05-19
- What spilled
- Fertilizer(S) Nos (Not Specified)
- Where
- Goshen Twp, Mahoning County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2105EPA0000703
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: Ohio EPA emergency response spill reports, 2021 to September 2026, one point per case where Ohio EPA placed it. A report is what the caller or responder recorded; amounts are often blank or estimated.
Its ZIP codes
Each ZIP code that touches Goshen Township, Mahoning County, with the share of its residents who live here and the same headline figures as the ZIP page.
The county
Columbiana County: 20 ZIP codes, 33 cities, villages and townships, 106,075 people.
Nearby places
Quick answers
What county is Goshen Township, Ohio in?
Goshen Township, Mahoning County is a township in Columbiana County, Ohio, with 3,101 residents.
When was Goshen Township, Ohio founded?
Goshen Township, Mahoning County was settled 1808 (Damascus platted by Quaker settlers); laid out 1810 (township established, within Columbiana County); incorporated Added to Mahoning County in 1846; Damascus remains unincorporated. Founders on record: Quaker settlers (Damascus); township namers drew on Goshen, Connecticut. Source
How did Goshen Township, Ohio get its name?
Goshen Township takes its name from Goshen, Connecticut (Ohio has six other Goshen townships). Source
What ZIP code is Goshen Township, Ohio?
Goshen Township, Mahoning County is served by ZIP codes 44619, 44609, 44460 and 44401; 44619 holds the largest share of its residents.
Where does Goshen Township, Ohio get its water?
The main water source for Goshen Township, Mahoning County (Salem City): Mostly private wells.
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