[5] The same year, John Agard located on Section 1 and ran a trading post until he died in October 1835.

In 1835, John Lyle and John K. Pugsley journeyed west on the Territorial Road to Chicago, returning to enter land in Section 2 of Paw Paw Township.

As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 7,091 people, 2,771 households, and 1,898 families residing in the township.

There were 3,248 housing units at an average density of 92.2 per square mile (35.6/km2).

26.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

The township maintains a transfer station on West Red Arrow Hwy.