[4] Ward Springs is widely known for its spontaneous and unorganized July 4 Independence Day parade.

The Elgin Wood Wildlife Management Area has a large unnamed pond on the east side of its 239 acres.

The Minnesota DNR describes this area as being tolling hardwood forest with some small wetlands.

The racial makeup of the township was 99.26% White, 0.12% Asian, and 0.61% from two or more races.

27.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.