The Black Creek Nature Sanctuary is also located within the township.

In 2000,[2] there were 1,584 people, 710 households, and 430 families residing in the township.

[4] With a racial makeup of 98.93% non-Hispanic whites at the 2000 census, the 2020 census reported that its population has remained predominantly White American; in 2000, the remainder of its racial and ethnic makeup was 0.06% Native American, 0.13% Asian, 0.06% from other races, and 0.82% from two or more races.

Culturally, 44.6% were of Finnish, 8.7% German, 7.4% Italian, 6.9% English and 5.7% French ancestry at the 2000 census.

[21] In 2000, there were 710 households, out of which 25.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.6% were married couples living together, 6.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.3% were non-families; 35.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.