Fifty-three white residents of the township were killed.

The west quarter of the city of New Ulm is within the township geographically but is a separate entity.

As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 793 people, 269 households, and 225 families residing in the township.

There were 269 households, out of which 42.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 79.2% were married couples living together, 2.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.0% were non-families.

13.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.