Under the leadership of Michael Kelly they established the village of Kellyburg in one of the most remote parts of Lycoming County.

Kelly left the area in 1877 following a bitter defeat in the sheriff election of 1872, moving to Kansas and residing there until his 1883 death.

Kelly also helped his fellow Catholics establish the mission parish of St.

The closest state highway is Pennsylvania Route 14, which follows the valley of Lycoming Creek less than one mile west of the township border.

The westernmost part of the township drains directly to Lycoming Creek via Slacks Run.

The remainder of the township drains southward via several streams to Wallis Run, a southerly-flowing tributary of Loyalsock Creek.

Lycoming and Loyalsock creeks both flow south to the West Branch Susquehanna River in the southern part of the county.