[3] According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 3.8 square miles (9.8 km2), all land.

There were 114 housing units at an average density of 29.8 per square mile (11.5/km2).

48.1% were of Finnish, 9.4% United States or American, 9.0% German, 7.5% English and 6.1% Swedish ancestry according to Census 2000.

35.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

About 6.7% of families and 19.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.5% of those under the age of eighteen and 29.0% of those 65 or over.