[3] (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

The township contains these twelve cemeteries: Bostick, Hall, Hiller-Crab Orchard, Mount Carbon, Mount Pleasant, Murdale Gardens of Memory, Murphysboro City, Pleasant Grove Memorial, Poplar Ridge, Saint Andrews, Tower Grove and Worthen.

As of the 2020 census[2] there were 9,434 people, 4,046 households, and 2,571 families residing in the township.

There were 4,948 housing units at an average density of 133.60 per square mile (51.58/km2).

32.60% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.