Pennsylvania Route 66 crosses the township from southwest to northeast, passing through Marienville.

Pennsylvania Route 899 leads south from Marienville to Clarington in Barnett Township.

[3] As of the census[5] of 2000, there were 1,261 people, 510 households, and 336 families residing in the township.

30.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.3% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 87.7 males.