Both groups used rawhide measuring lines that expanded and contracted with the weather.

When the two groups met in eastern Champaign County the surveys didn't agree, resulting in double section numbers in the eastern townships and ongoing property line confusion among landowners.

The township contains four cemeteries: Chenoweth, Patton, Peabody and Tomlinson.

[citation needed] As of the 2020 census[1] there were 183 people, 46 households, and 35 families residing in the township.

19.60% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.