[4] Bravo began around a sawmill started by Ezra L. Davis and Alonzo Sherman in 1867.

After that the sawmill closed and the area was used for farming and lost its identity as a place.

[8] As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 2,104 people, 708 households, and 550 families residing in the township.

There were 840 housing units at an average density of 24.0 per square mile (9.3/km2).

17.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.