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Early Education In Goshen: The Goshen Library and Historical Society has exhibits of local history. Noah Webster, the lexicographer, taught school in the town hall in 1782-1783. DeWitt Clinton, governor of New York, received his early education in Goshen, and William H. Seward, secretary of state under President Lincoln, studied law there.Goshen was settled in the 18th century; the original deed from the Indians, dated 1702, is in the library.
Goshen is the seat of Goshen College, a Men-nonite institution. Many Mennonites reside in the city, and a number of Amish farmers dwell in the surrounding area. Goshen was settled in 1828 and received a city charter in 1868. Government is by mayor and council. Population: 13,718.
GOSHEN, go'shan, in the Bible, is the land given by the Pharaoh to Jacob and his family in Egypt (Genesis 45:10). It is believed that it was a district between the eastern border of Egypt and the Nile delta. Goshen was also the name of an area occupied by Joshua's forces (Joshua 10:41). |
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