New Goshen is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the count ...

(CDP) in Fayette Township, Vigo County, in the

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. It is part of the

Terre Haute Terre Haute ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Vigo County, Indiana, United States, about 5 miles east of the state's western border with Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 60,785 and its metropolitan area had a ...

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History

New Goshen was platted and laid out May 17, 1853, by Hamilton Smith, William Ferguson, George Smith and John Hay. As of 1890 the population was approximately 180. Future U.S. Senator

Birch Bayh Birch Evans Bayh Jr. (; January 22, 1928 – March 14, 2019) was an American Democratic Party politician who served as U.S. Senator from Indiana from 1963 to 1981. He was first elected to office in 1954, when he won election to the India ...

was a resident and graduated from New Goshen High; New Goshen High closed in 1959 and was consolidated into today's West Vigo High School. The post office at New Goshen has been in operation since 1851.

Geography

New Goshen is located at at an elevation of 643 feet. It is bisected by U.S. Route 150, which connects it to

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to the northwest and West Terre Haute, Indiana to the southwest.

Demographics

References

Census-designated places in Indiana Census-designated places in Vigo County, Indiana Terre Haute metropolitan area {{VigoCountyIN-geo-stub