As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,592 (up from 1,473 at 2010[3]) and it contained 408 housing units.

Among its earliest settlers was North Carolina native Elias Myers, who arrived in 1816 and purchased 320 acres (130 ha) of land in the following year.

[6] The McCall Family Farmstead was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

[3] (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

The township contains five cemeteries: Concord, Cornettsville, Humphries, Tolberts Chapel and Wells.