Both groups used rawhide measuring lines that expanded and contracted with the weather.

When the two groups met in eastern Champaign County the surveys didn't agree, resulting in double section numbers in the eastern townships and ongoing property line confusion among landowners.

[2] According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 47.75 square miles (123.7 km2), all land.

The township contains these cemeteries: Huls, Kopman, Saint Lawrence and Welles.

18.70% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.