[3] State Highway 37 (MN 37) serves as a main route in the township.

The West Two River flows through the eastern portion of Cherry Township.

The following are adjacent to Cherry Township : Saint Louis County Highway 5 (CR 5) briefly runs north–south along Cherry Township's western boundary line with adjacent city of Hibbing.

The racial makeup of the township was 99.02% White, 0.55% Native American, 0.11% Asian, and 0.33% from two or more races.

Cherry Township is the birthplace of Gus Hall, an important politician and former General Secretary of the Communist Party of the United States.