[3][4] The original petition requested that the new township be named Moland or Mandt.

As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 175 people, 74 households, and 58 families residing in the township.

There were 83 housing units at an average density of 2.3 per square mile (0.89/km2).

18.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

About 3.2% of families and 7.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.5% of those under the age of eighteen and 4.3% of those 65 or over.