It is part of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area.

[2] According to a post office directory published in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania with data from the 1890 United States census: The William Allison House and Maj. Jared B. Fisher House were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

It is part of the Penns Valley region of Centre County.

As of the census[8] of 2000, there were 2,119 people, 785 households, and 606 families residing in the township.

19.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.