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Goshen is a town in Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States. The population was 361 in the 2010 census.

The town is known for hosting Goshen Scout Reservation, one of the largest Boy Scout camps in America.

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History

Goshen was once inhabited by Indian tribes such as the Cherokee and Shawnee. In the 18th century, European settler, Alexander Dunlop and his wife Anna MacFarlane moved to the Calfpasture. A few of the first settlers include Bratton, Lockridge, Graham, Carter, and Davis. The first Goshen council was headed in 1744 by James Patton and John Lewis.

Goshen was based on farms, much like today, raising mainly corn. While Goshen was mainly farmland, in the 1800s, Goshen Pass and Panther’s Gap was a bustling community with a school, a hotel, a post office, and foundries.

The Alleghany Hotel was built by the Goshen Improvement company, the company which in the boom period of 1890 selected Goshen station as a site for laying of and the founding of a new city. The hotel was known as the “house of entertainment,” but a few years before the fire, it was renamed the Alleghany Sanitarium, housing tuberculosis patients. On Thanksgiving Day, 1922, the Alleghany Hotel smoldered in flames and ash for 2+1⁄2 hours before the building was completely destroyed. During this time, Goshen was without a fire department to combat the flames.

The Goshen Land Company Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

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Geography

Goshen is located at 37°59′21″N 79°29′55″W / 37.989100°N 79.498603°W / 37.989100; -79.498603 (37.989100, −79.498603).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.7 square miles (4.5 km), all of it land.

The Calfpasture River flows through Goshen, just before joining the Little Calfpasture River to form the Maury River.

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