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Goshen

Ghost town · Calhoun County, Alabama

Piedmont quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1967, 1:24,000)
Piedmont quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1967, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Goshen is a ghost town in Calhoun County, Alabama. It is one of 47 former communities in Calhoun County on the federal names register. No county in Alabama has more among the 53 Alabama counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Goshen as a historical populated place on the Piedmont topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 33.9590° N, 85.6166° W.

Key facts

USGS quadranglePiedmont
Elevation660 ft
Nearest living townPiedmont, AL
Distance to it2.2 miles
GNIS feature ID162183
Coordinates33.95899, -85.61663

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What's there now

Goshen is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Piedmont, AL (population 4,749), about 2.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 660 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Goshen?

Goshen is in Calhoun County, Alabama, at 33.9590, -85.6166.

How many ghost towns are in Calhoun County?

Calhoun County, Alabama has 47 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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