The drive for the formation of Gamble Township was led Ira Parker, Abraham Swartz, and J.C. Green.

Rose was accompanied to the valley by his first wife and a man named Andrew Tulloh.

The departure of John Rose did not bring about the end of agricultural development in Gamble Township.

Salt mining and the lumbering were the primary industries found in Gamble Township during the mid-to-late 19th century.

Williamsport, which is just south of Gamble Township, was known at the "Lumber Capital of the World".

Today Gamble Township is a largely rural area with scattered dairy farms, orchards, and family homes.

[1] Loyalsock Creek, a southwestward-flowing tributary of the West Branch Susquehanna River, forms the southeastern border of the township.

The northwestern edge of the township drains by small streams to Lycoming Creek, another tributary of the West Branch of the Susquehanna.

Rose Valley Lake is a reservoir that covers 389 acres (1.57 km2) in Gamble Township.

The most common game species of fish in the lake are: largemouth bass, bluegill, black crappie, muskellunge, yellow perch, chain pickerel, pumpkinseed and walleye.

The racial makeup of the township was 99.65% White, 0.12% Native American, 0.12% Asian, 0.12% from other races.