Goshen, Kentucky
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pewee Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40026. It stands on Sinking Fork. The Survey maps it on the Owen quadrangle. 892 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 679 feet above sea level.
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 6 records
- John Leslie Bate Houselisted 1987
- Cliftonlisted 1997
- Hermitage, Thelisted 1982
- Johnson's Landing House and Farmlisted 2016
- Locke-Mount Houselisted 1982
- Yager Houselisted 1982
Population over time
3 figuresGoshen fell from 907 to 892 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 907 | |
| 2010 | 909 | +2 (+0%) |
| 2020 | 892 | -17 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1905 USGS Prospect quadrangle1:62500
- 1912 USGS Prospect quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1938 USGS Owen quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Owen quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Owen quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Owen quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Goshen in 2000, burning about 25 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 March 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dredge No. 6 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Harmony Landing | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hel Del Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hel Del Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
37 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Goshen in 37 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 26 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | $100,000 | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | $50,000 | A NWS Storm Survey concluded that straight line winds resulted in numerous trees were snapped over a fairly wide area, though the swath of damage was riddled with many trees that withstood the wind. The most concentrated damage was along Buckhorn Lane where a row of trees lining the road were blown down. Another concentrated area was at the end of Secretariat Drive, next to a wide-open field where several trees fell around a property. One tree fell into a garage door, causing both a branch to poke through the 2nd floor siding into the house and damaging the back side of a car. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | $50,000 | Power poles were broken, reported by mPing. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | $25,000 | A large tree was blown onto the roof of a home, exposing the attic. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | $8,000 | A tree fell on a house on Narmony Landing Road. The occupants were trapped inside. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | $1,000 | Several trees were blown down. There was also minor unspecified property damage reported. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Goshen | - | Up to two inch diameter hail was observed in Goshen. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | - | Multiple trees, powerlines, and a utility pole were downed around Goshen Lane, likely from a microburst. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | - | A few trees were uprooted by strong winds and a street light was brought down along Club Drive. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | - | Strong winds led to broken large tree branches and an uprooted tree in Goshen near Kentucky Route 1793. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | - | Trees and power lines came down in the storm. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Goshen | - | Broadcast media reported that 1 inch hail fell near Goshen. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | - | The public reported several large trees down at a residence. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | - | Multiple trees were downed in the Goshen area. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | - | A trained spotter reported a large maple tree down in Goshen with estimated winds 60 to 70 mph. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Goshen | - | An off-duty NWS employee reported hail 3/4 inch in diameter. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Goshen | - | A report of 3/4 inch hail was reported to the NWS by the public. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Goshen | - | An off-duty NWS employee reported 1 inch diameter hail. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | - | A law enforcement official reported trees down along Highway 42. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Goshen | - | A spotter reported 1 inch hail in Goshen. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | - | Several trees fell in the Prospect and Goshen areas. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | - | Numerous trees were blown down. A funnel cloud was also reported. |
| April 2011 | Heavy Rain | Goshen | - | A trained spotter reported 2.55 inches of rain fell on 4/22 and 2.34 inches had fallen by report time on 4/23. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | - | Trees and power lines were downed. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | - | Trees and power lines were downed. |
| January 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | - | Fire/rescue estimated a 60 mph wind gust. |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Goshen | - | Numerous roads were flooded and not passable. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | - | Numerous trees were downed. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | - | Trees were blown down across Highway 42. 1.00 inch hail also fell. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | - | Power lines blown down. Boaters had to be rescued on the Ohio River. Report from Oldham County Dispatch. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Goshen | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Goshen | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | - | no account filed |
| February 2002 | Hail | Goshen | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | - | no account filed |
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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony Lake Estates | 0.4 miles | 17 | |
| Harmony Landing | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Harmony Village | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Oldham Acres | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| River Bluff | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Hillcrest | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Belknap Beach | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Skylight | 3.4 miles | 17 |
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 Q1007866 | 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 508115. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.








