The borough of Hop Bottom was formed from a part of Lenox Township in 1881.

Grow, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1861 to 1863 and one of the creators of the Homestead Act of 1862, spent much of his adult life at Glenwood in Lenox Township.

[5] As of the census[7] of 2010, there were 1,934 people, 768 households, and 536 families residing in the township.

There were 963 housing units at an average density of 23.7 per square mile (9.2/km2).

23.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.