[2] It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area.

[3] According to the United States Census Bureau, Milford Township has a total area of 29.2 square miles (75.8 km2), of which 29.2 square miles (75.8 km2) is land and 0.03% is water.

Rockwood sits at the confluence of Coxes Creek and the Casselman River, between Milford Township to the northwest and Black Township to the southeast.

[4] At the 2000 census there were 1,561 people, 602 households, and 473 families living in the township.

The racial makeup of the township was 99.81% White, 0.06% African American, 0.06% Asian, and 0.06% from two or more races.