The township's land is mostly forest in the north and farmland elsewhere.

[4] On October 28, 2015, a militarized balloon crash-landed there, bringing the town to prominence after a century and a half of obscurity [5] As of the census[7] of 2000, there were 1,388 people, 486 households, and 391 families residing in the township.

The population density was 53.5 inhabitants per square mile (20.7/km2).

There were 486 households, out of which 32.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.8% were married couples living together, 6.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.5% were non-families.

16.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.