Young State Park is in the southwest part of the township along Lake Charlevoix.

As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 773 people, 298 households, and 225 families residing in the township.

There were 487 housing units at an average density of 44.3 per square mile (17.1/km2).

There were 298 households, out of which 34.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.8% were married couples living together, 4.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.2% were non-families.

20.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.