Goshen is a town in Utah County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Provo–Orem Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 978 at the 2020 census.
History
The first settlement at Goshen was made in 1857 by a colony of Mormon pioneers. The community was named after Goshen, Connecticut.
Demographics
At the 2000 census, there were 874 people, 272 households, and 214 families in the town. The population density was 1,213.6 people per square mile (468.7/km). There were 295 housing units at an average density of 409.6 per square mile (158.2/km). The racial makeup of the town was 92.22% White, 0.57% Native American, 5.49% from other races, and 1.72% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.35%. In 2011, the church's LDS Motion Picture Studios opened its south campus on farm property, where it created a film set replicating biblical Jerusalem. The set was used for the church's Bible Videos series and permission was given to Dallas Jenkins to use the set as a filming location for several seasons of The Chosen series.
Notable person
- Kent Peterson, left-handed pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies
See also
- Tintic Standard Reduction Mill