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GTHS Museum at "The Anchorage"
1848 SR 28 (P.O. Box 671) 
Goshen OH 45122
(513) 575-1027
 
The Anchorage is open to the public Tuesdays from 10am to 12pm. The Anchorage and the Log Cabin at the Marr Education Center at Cook Farm are open by appointment and available for group tours, meetings and events. Contact the Historical Society for details.  
 
 

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Goshen Twp. Ohio Facts:

Goshen is a census-designated place in central Goshen Township, Clermont County, Ohio, United States.[1] It is centered on State Route 28 (especially where it overlaps with State Routes 132 and 48), approximately midway between Milford and Blanchester.
 
The community of Goshen was founded in about 1799 by German and English settlers, most of whom had migrated down the Ohio River from western Pennsylvania after fighting for the Colonies during the American Revolutionary War.
 
 

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Goshen Township, Clermont County, Ohio

We welcome you to our Museum and to Historic Goshen Township, founded 1816, Clermont County, Ohio. The following pages will introduce you to our history, our museum at "The Anchorage", volunteer opportunities and other local historic sites. With a little luck you might even meet some of the famous ghosts from our old cemetery. Again, welcome and enjoy your visit.

 
  Cook Log Cabin, circa 1825. Centerpiece of the Marr Education Center at Cook Farm

 
Goshen's name originated with some of the community's first settlers, who arrived in Ohio from Goshen, N.Y. Goshen was officially established in March of 1819, and formed from Miami Township. The first permanent settler was Jacob Myers.

 
By the mid 1800's Goshen boasted several saw and grist mills, blacksmiths, a tannery, hotel, pottery shop, churches, various shops, post office, schools, funeral home, hat factory, cabinet maker, brick yard, and more than one distillery, but the area around the village remained largely agricultural. The Cincinnati & Marietta Railroad passed through town with a station at Hills (Hills Station) and the Columbus & Wooster Turnpike (later renamed State Route 28) was the main thoroughfare.

For more information on Goshen history contact The Goshen Township Historical Society.
 
Contact us to tour our restored Log Cabin at the Marr Education Center at Cook Farm, next to Goshen High School.
                  

 

 
 
 
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