Goshen, Indiana

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Elkhart Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46526. It stands on Rock Run Creek. The Survey maps it on the Goshen quadrangle. 34,517 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 801 feet above sea level.

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Goshen within Elkhart County

On record in Goshen

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 9 records

Dierdorff Farmsteadlisted 2011
Elkhart County Courthouselisted 1980
Fort Wayne Street Bridgelisted 2005
Goshen Carnegie Public Librarylisted 1983
Goshen Historic Distriictlisted 1983
Joseph J. Rohrer Farmlisted 1990
St. John's Lutheran Churchlisted 1994
William N. Violett Houselisted 1984
Violett-Martin House and Gardenslisted 2007

Population over time

2 figures

Goshen grew from 31,719 to 34,517 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

Year	People	Change
2010	31,719
2020	34,517	+2,798 (+9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Goshen quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1985 USGS Elkhart quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Elkhart township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.

From History of Elkhart County, Indiana : Together with Sketches of Its Cities ... and Biographies of Representative Citizens : History of Indiana, Embracing Accounts of the Pre-historic Races .., published 1881 - Elkhart Township

Clarissa W. Ellis

the Jeffersonville Soldiers' Hospital, as a result of the disease contracted in that service she died July 24, 1865. The patriotic record of the family during the Civil war culminated in the gallant young Frank Baldwin, who was killed at the battle of Stone River. Only a short time previous to this engagement he had been promoted to lieutenant in recognition of his personal bravery on the field of battle.

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In the county-history sources

67,768 words on this township

History of Elkhart County, Indiana : Together with Sketches of Its Cities ... and Biographies of Representative Citizens : History of Indiana, Embracing Accounts of the Pre-historic Races .., published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Elkhart Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Melvin Alford, son of Tliram and Susannah (Adams) Alford, was born in Ohio in IS-il; his father was a native of Vermont, and of Scotch descent, and liis mother of Pennsylvania, and of English ancestry. He ^vas educated in the common schools of Ohio, and learned the business of stone and brick laying, in which he has been ver}' successful in a business point of view; has done some of the best work in the city of Goshen. April 23, 1S66, he married Loramie Beatty, and they have 1 child. Leland B., born March 4, 1S77. In 1S61 Mr. Alford enlisted in Co. I, 49th Ohio Vol. Inf., and was discharged at the close of the war in 1865. He started out as 8th Corporal and was mustered out as 2d Corporal; he was in every battle in which the army of the Cumberland engaged, under Col. Gibson, one of Ohio's greatest orators. Mr. A. was never in the hospital during the service. In politics he is a Bepublican. He has been a resident of Elkhart county most of the time since 1S65, and has followed farming for the last nine years, and also kept his other business going most of the time. He owns 104 acres of good land on sec. 1.

Passage source: History of Elkhart County, Indiana : Together with Sketches of Its Cities ... and Biographies of Representative Citizens : History of Indiana, Embracing Accounts of the Pre-historic Races .., published 1881.

D. W. Dinius, miller at Benton, was born Oct. 21, lSi9, in Huntington county, Ind., the son of Hirain and Hester (Eripley) Dinius, natives of Ohio and of German descent; educated in the common school in this State; learned the miller's trade, and was eight years in the employ of C. & E. Hawks, Goshen; he was brought up, however, on the farm. As a miller he has been remarkably successful. He is now running the "Benton Mills," having rented them Aug. 9, ISSO, when the}' had pretty well run down, but he has brought them up to the highest standard. Business has so increased that he now runs the mills night and day, being assisted at night by his father. In 1872 Mr. D. W. Dinius married Sarah Moore, and they have 2 sons. Politically Mi'. D. is a Kepublican.

Dr. S. £. Kijler. deceased, was born in 1806, in Frederick county, Md., the son of Jacob and Ruth (Brown) Kyler, father of German and mother of German aud Irish descent; educated in the high school at Xenia; studied medicine in Bellbrook, 0., with Dr. Bell; earned his way by teaching school and splitting rails; commenced practice in Benton in 1838, being the first physician here. In 1838 he married Susan Ann Coy, a daughter of Henry Coy, of Ohio, and was born in Greene county, that State, of German ancestry; they had 2 sons and 2 daughters. Darwin, the eldest son, was killed in the war of the rebellion, at the battle of Jonesboro; he had enlisted in the 71:th Ind. Vol, Inf , Co. I. William B., the second son, is married and living in Benton. The daughters, Mary J. and Fannie M., are living with their mother on the farm of 57 acres adjoining Benton. In religious belief Dr. Kyler was a Universalist; Mrs. K. is a member of the Reformed Church, and the daughters are Methodists. The Doctor was a Whig until the organization of the Republican party, since which time he acted with this party. The public oftices which he held were those of Tp. Trustee and Overseer of the Poor. At the time of his death, m 1877, he was the oldest practicing phj'sician in the county.

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Read the whole chapter on Elkhart Township - it names this place 143 more 143 times.

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Goshen: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Elkhart Co. Hwy. Dept. - Own Crews	Stone	Producer
Elkhart County Highway Department	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Fidler Inc.	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Indiana Highway Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Elkhart County

Storms near this place

60 of 73 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Goshen in 73 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 46 thunderstorm wind, 21 hail, 3 flood, 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
June 2010	Tornado (EF1)	Goshen	$500,000	A survey of damage in Goshen indicated a circulation touched down near the Parkside Elementary School, causing varying degrees of damage to trees at the school and to the east northeast as it moved through the southern parts of town. The circulation passed over the Aggregate Industries storage facilities, ripping the roof and portions of the metal shell away (DI:WHB; DOD:4). Several trucks in the building suffered damage as the roof struck them while being picked up. The tornado quickly dissipated after striking the facility. Debris from the building was found over a half mile away at the Elkhart County Fairgrounds. Damage for the building and contents is estimated at $500,000.
April 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	$500,000	The roof was blown off a nursing home, and two houses also lost their roofs. Several large trees were downed.
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	$300,000	NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. SIDING RIPPED OFF HOUSES.
September 2005	Lightning	Goshen	$100,000	Lightning struck a residence on County Road 31 Thursday evening, sparking a fire in the attic. Fire crews extinguished this fire, but another area ignited several hours later, eventually spreading through the remainder of the house, causing a total loss of the house.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	$40,000	A large tree was uprooted, falling onto a house in the 1200 block of S Eighth St in Goshen. The tree fell onto the back of the home and destroyed a wooden staircase leading to an upper residence and a porch roof. In addition, a portion of a fence was broken and the top of the tree fell onto a parked truck in the residence next door. AmeriGas on Lincolnway East in Goshen had part of its rook ripped off. Damage estimated at $40K total for both structure and vehicle damage. Trees were also reported down around the county.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	$25,000	Law enforcement reported a roof blown off a barn near Goshen. Trees and power lines were down countywide with over 10,000 homes without power. 2 homes were damaged and 3 barns damaged.
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	$15,000	Report that a barn was blown over.
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	$15,000	Barn blown over near the intersection of CR 33 and CR 34.
August 2005	Flash Flood	Goshen	$10,000	Portions of County Road 31 as well as US 33 near Fairfield High School were impassable for several hours when at least 3.5 inches of rain fell over a few hours as a thunderstorm remained stationary. An apartment complex just west of the Goshen airport suffered some water damage.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	$10,000	Five utility poles snapped, numerous car windows broken by fallen tree limbs, Ford Pintocrushed by tree.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	$8,500	Photo on Twitter shows a very large tree down on power lines and a downed power pole.
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	$8,000	Report that several shingles were blown off a roof.
August 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	$3,000	The public reports multiple trees down.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	$1,000	Large tree down on SR 15 near the Goshen Public Library.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	$1,000	A tree was down on south 7th street.
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	$1,000	Tree fell onto truck.
July 2023	Hail	Goshen	$1,000	no account filed
July 2023	Hail	Goshen	$1,000	no account filed
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	-	Trained spotter estimates 2 minutes of 60 mph gusts in Goshen.
July 2023	Flood	Goshen	-	Flooding at the Elkhart County Fair near Gate 1. From a photo on Facebook.
June 2021	Flood	Goshen	-	Street flooding reported from MPing.
June 2021	Flood	Goshen	-	Standing water up to 8 to 12 inches on the street and in yards.
August 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	-	Several large trees and branches down across the south side of Goshen.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	-	Emergency management officials reported power lines down on County Road 29.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	-	Numerous trees down across the city of Goshen.
June 2019	Hail	Goshen	-	Several spotters reported hail ranging from one to two inches in diameter.
August 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	-	Local media reported trees and tree limbs were blown down across the city.
April 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	-	Local media reported several downed tree branches in the area as well as a section of a wooden privacy fence.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	-	The public reported a 10 to 12 foot long, six to seven inch diameter tree limb down.
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	-	County dispatch reported trees were blown down in Goshen.
August 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	-	Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	-	A tree was blown down onto a residence. No injuries were reported.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	-	Emergency management officials reported multiple trees and tree limbs down across the city.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	-	Amateur radio operators reported two small pear trees were blown down.
September 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	-	A trained spotter reported trees and power lines down on State Route 15 in both Waterford Mills and the south side of Goshen.
September 2011	Hail	Goshen	-	Trained spotter reported at the intersection of State Route 15 and US 33.
September 2011	Hail	Goshen	-	Trained spotter reported at the intersection of State Route 15 and US 33.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	-	Amateur radio operators reported power lines down onto the road at the intersection of County Roads 17 and 32. Several three to four inch diameter tree limbs were also blown down.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	-	Amateur radio operators reported power lines down west of State Route 15, on County Road 20.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	-	A trained spotter reported one large tree as well as numerous tree limbs down.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	-	Peak wind gust of 52 knots measured at Goshen ASOS.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	-	Four inch tree limbs across the road at intersection of CR 22 and Middlesburg Road.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	-	Multiple trees down with one 12 inch diameter tree snapped.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	-	A trained spotter estimated 60 mph wind gusts in the 14000 block of 600 South.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	-	Law enforcement officials reported a few trees down in the Goshen area.
January 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	-	Trained spotters reported a 62 mph wind gust.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	-	Numerous power lines reported down.
August 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	-	Emergency manager reported several trees down in Goshen.
August 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	-	Numerous trees reported down in the city. The largest was a 2 to 3 foot diameter tree down a quarter of a mile on County Road 26, just east of County Road 15.
August 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	-	Trees uprooted and barn window blown out. Other large limbs blown down.
August 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	-	40 to 50 fruit trees blown down.
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	-	Trees and 3 to 4 inch limbs down on south side of Goshen.
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	-	Three foot diameter tree blown down.
May 2001	Hail	Goshen	-	West side of Goshen
May 2001	Hail	Goshen	-	North side of Goshen.
May 2001	Hail	Goshen	-	South side of Goshen.
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	-	Tree blown down.
June 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Goshen	-	Thunderstorms that moved across Lake Michigan and into northern Indiana produced downburst winds. Numerous power outages, large trees and tree limbs were downed throughout the northern half of the county.
June 2019	Hail	Goshen	-	no account filed
September 2014	Hail	Goshen	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Elkhart County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Waterford Mills	2.7 miles	12
Midway	3.9 miles	12
Bainter Town	4.6 miles	12
New Paris	5.7 miles	12
Dunlap	6.0 miles	13
Benton	6.4 miles	12
Southwest	6.6 miles	12
Foraker	6.6 miles	12

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Goshen	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1778812	The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 435227. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.