[4] The township includes Charity Island, located 5 miles (8 km) offshore in Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron.

As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 1,033 people, 437 households, and 319 families residing in the township.

There were 894 housing units at an average density of 28.5 per square mile (11.0/km2).

There were 437 households, out of which 20.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.7% were married couples living together, 4.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.8% were non-families.

23.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.