As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,769 and it contained 692 housing units.

[5] Oregon Township was purportedly so named because at the time of the township's organization, it was sparsely inhabited and considered as remote as the Oregon Territory.

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

The township contains several cemeteries: Beswick (aka Walnut Hill), Covert, Emmanuel United Methodist Church, Goben, Hebron, Kern, Otisco, New Market Christian Church, New Market Presbyterian Church (aka Mt.

Vernon), Sawmill Road, States, and Webb Farm.