The story
Read it all →How Goshen came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Goshen.
An early variant name was "College Grove". A post office called Gosh-en has been in operation since 1876.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
History · Goshen
Goshen’s history is mostly unwritten
The public archives hold no old photos of Goshen yet. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
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What stands out about Goshen’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Goshen’s history is told.
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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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1 historic place in Goshen
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
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first listed
2024
Tisdale Store-Goshen Post Office
in Arkansas
#212
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Famous people
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Nobody well known was born in Goshen itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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From the National Register of Historic Places (1) and Wikipedia. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.