As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,235 and it contained 1,059 housing units.

[2] Florida Township was established in 1821, the same year the county was created, though it was first settled circa 1816.

It was named after a township in the state of New York, from which pioneer David Loree had emigrated.

[6] (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

The township contains these five cemeteries: Adams, Bound, Mount Pleasant, Orlea and Rukes.