[2] The Christ Hamilton United Lutheran Church and Cemetery, Fenner–Snyder Mill, and Quiet Valley Farm are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The township contains the unincorporated communities of Blue Mountain Pines, Bossardsville, Hamilton Square, Kellersville, Kemmererville, Sandhill, Sciota, Snydersville, and Stormville, plus a portion of Saylorsburg.

The average wettest month is September, which correlates with tropical storm remnants during the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season.

During the winter months, the plant hardiness zone is 6a, with an average annual extreme minimum air temperature of −6.8 °F (−22 °C).

Ice storms and large snowstorms depositing ≥ 12 inches (30 cm) of snow occur once every couple of years, particularly during nor’easters from December through March.

The most prominent of these is Interstate 80, which follows the Keystone Shortway along a northwest-southeast alignment across the northern corner of the township.

U.S. Route 209 Business starts at US 209 in the western section of the township and heads northeastward just northwest of US 209.

Finally, Pennsylvania Route 611 follows a northwest-southeast alignment across the northern tip of the township, just north of I-80.

Three minor injuries, five homes damaged, and multiple farm buildings were destroyed because of the tornado.