[3] According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.1 square miles (91 km2), all land.

At the 2000 census there were 1,489 people, 516 households, and 423 families living in the township.

The population density was 42.4 people per square mile (16.4 people/km2).

There were 550 housing units at an average density of 15.7 per square mile (6.1/km2).

[5] Of the 516 households 36.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.7% were married couples living together, 6.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.0% were non-families.