As of the 2020 census, its population was 842 and it contained 384 housing units.

[1] According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 51.94 square miles (134.5 km2), all land.

[3] It contains two incorporated towns: Newtown, with a population of about 250, lies near the center of the township; Mellott, with about 200 people, is about 2 miles (3.2 km) south.

[5] The two unincorporated communities of Graham and Stephens Crossing both lie to the southwest of Newtown along the route of a former railroad which came out of Veedersburg and also passed through Mellott and continued east.

The township contains these seven cemeteries: Greenbay,[6] Hodson,[7] Newtown,[8] Oak Ridge,[9] Old Baptist,[10] Quirk[11] and Short.