The largest city partially in the township is Austin with a population of 24,718 people.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 29.2 square miles (76 km2), all land.

17.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Varco Station was a small village which used to be about three miles south of the city of Austin on the Milwaukee Railroad.

The railroad continued to deliver freight to Varco Station as late as the 1950s.

Its population dwindled as the city of Austin continued to grow and was eventually incorporated by it.