GOSHEN, a city of northern Indiana, U.S.A., on the Elkhart river, at an altitude of 800f t. ; the county seat of Elkhart county. It is served by the Big Four, the New York Central, and two inter-urban electric railways, and has an air-mail landing field. The population in 1920 was 9,525; 1930 it was 10,397. Goshen is in the fertile St. Joseph River valley, and is within tom. of two popular lake resorts. Its residential streets are beautifully shaded with maple trees. Since 1903 it has been the seat of Goshen col lege (Mennonite), chartered as Elkhart institute (in Elkhart) in 1895. Ample electric power is available from a super-power sys tem, and there are over 4o manufacturing establishments, making maps, flour, condensed milk, knitted underwear and diversified products of wood, metal and rubber. Goshen was settled in 1828 and was chartered as a city in 1868.