The township surrounds the borough of Stillwater, a separate municipality.

The unincorporated communities of Honeytown, Van Camp, Bendertown, Zaner, Pealertown, Forks, Asbury, and Jonestown are in the township.

Fishing Creek flows south to the Susquehanna River at Bloomsburg.

As of the census[6] of 2000, there were 1,393 people, 556 households, and 425 families residing in the township.

There were 556 households, out of which 29.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.4% were married couples living together, 7.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.4% were non-families.

20.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.