[1] The Little Muskegon River flows east to west across the center of the township.

As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 1,630 people, 531 households, and 420 families residing in the township.

There were 625 housing units at an average density of 17.5 per square mile (6.8/km2).

There were 531 households, out of which 43.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.0% were married couples living together, 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.9% were non-families.

16.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.