[2] In 1875 Col. William L. Sterns and other men from Berea, Ohio, platted a place in the township called "Central City".

As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 1,788 people, 616 households, and 482 families residing in the township.

There were 646 housing units at an average density of 17.9 per square mile (6.9/km2).

There were 616 households, out of which 41.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.2% were married couples living together, 10.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.6% were non-families.

18.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.