[2] The township was also the site of the anti-civil war resistance known as Bloody Knox.

There the log cabin home of Tom Adams was host to a shootout between draft deserters and anti-war residents.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 25.3 square miles (66 km2), all land.

The racial makeup of the township was 99.57% White, 0.14% Native American, and 0.28% from two or more races.

24.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.2% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.