[2] According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 71.2 square miles (184 km2), of which 71.2 square miles (184 km2) is land and 0.01% is water.

[3] As of the census[5] of 2000, there were 2,337 people, 424 households, and 276 families residing in the township.

The population includes inmates at the Federal Correctional Institution, McKean.

There were 424 households, out of which 26.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.8% were married couples living together, 5.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.7% were non-families.

29.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.