[2] According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 44.3 square miles (115 km2), all of it land.

As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 1,128 people, 424 households, and 331 families residing in the township.

The racial makeup of the township was 99.29% White, 0.18% Native American, 0.09% Asian, and 0.44% from two or more races.

18.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.1% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

In the township the population was spread out, with 23.1% under the age of eighteen, 7.0% from eighteen to twenty-four, 28.1% from twenty-five to forty-four, 24.6% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 17.2% who were sixty-five years of age or older.