[5] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.7 square mile (1.9 km2), all land.

Large seasonal temperature differences typify this climatic region, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters.

In 1998, the Lou Diamond Phillips film Bats shot a scene in Goshen.

The same year, the James Belushi film Made Men also shot scenes in Goshen.

In October 2020, Dallas Jenkins began filming season 2 of The Chosen inside a set owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that replicates a section of old Jerusalem.