On 8 Sep 2010 we received email from Wayne Jackson of Ottawa recommending the following description of Goshen (see below). We found Wayne's email interesting and have reproduced it here:

    "When dad and I were out for a drive the other day I stopped and spoke to Raymond Sandham, 63, who lives in Goshen. He has 110 acres mixed farming with beef cattle plus a trucking business. He lives just south of the Goshen Baptist Church and south of the intersection of Concession Road 2N and Bell Mill Side Road. His 94 year old mother lives in the house across Bell Mill Side Road. Raymond said the following. I have not verified his statements:
    "The Sandhams have been in this area for three or four generations before Raymond. His grandfather’s homestead is 0.5 km further east on the north side of Goshen Road, and his father’s farm is across the road from his grandfather’s. His father’s barn has “Ray Sandham” on it. The Sandhams at one time owned most of the property along Goshen Road. 
    "There is a Goshen Baptist Church and a Goshen Cemetery. There used to be a Goshen Public School on Goshen Road in front of the Goshen Cemetery.
    "Goshen Road runs along the Goshen Ridge from near Courtland to near Eden. The part west of Mabee’s Side Road is called Upper Goshen, and the part east of Mabee’s Side Road is called Lower Goshen.
    "Everyone who lives along Goshen Road feels that they live in Goshen. There never was a village or corner called Goshen.
    "Raymond thinks that Goshen Road derives its name from the Bible as in “Garden of Eden” and “Land of Goshen.”
    "I looked up the Goshen Road on Google to get its exact location.

Goshen Road -- (contributed by Wayne Jackson) -- runs along the Goshen Ridge east to west from Highway 3 in Middleton Township to Schafer Road in Bayham Township, Elgin County. It passes through the second and third concessions of Middleton Township. It is the most direct route from Courtland to Eden skirting the many deep ravines feeding into Little Otter Creek. The 1877 Historical Atlas of Norfolk says Thomas Connor “…for many years kept hotel at Middleton Centre, at the junction of the Talbot Street and the Goshen Road.” This suggests that the part of Highway 3 running from Goshen Road to Courtland was part of Goshen Road at one time. Everyone who lives along Goshen Road feels that they live in Goshen. There never was a village or corner called Goshen. The Historical Atlas says Goshen Road "runs through the fertile region known as Upper and Lower Goshen, which was settled about 1835 by John McDonnell, Burgess Smith, the Cowans, Stillwells, Mabees and Sandhams. The land in this area is mostly a clay loam." The part west of Mabee’s Side Road is called Upper Goshen, and the part east of Mabee’s Side Road is called Lower Goshen. The Historical Atlas shows two school houses and one church on Goshen Road. There is a Goshen Baptist Church and a Goshen Cemetery. There used to be an East Goshen Public School (S.S. 11 Middleton?) on Goshen Road in front of the Goshen Cemetery. Goshen Road may have derived its name from the Bible as in “Garden of Eden” and “Land of Goshen”.