A portion of the city of Richmond is adjacent to the township, but is administratively autonomous.

[1] The township is drained to the southwest by tributaries of the Clinton River, which flows to Lake St. Clair east of Mount Clemens, and to the east by tributaries of the Belle River, which flows to the St. Clair River at Marine City.

At the 2000 census,[3] there were 3,416 people, 1,020 households and 869 families residing in the township.

There were 1,060 housing units at an average density of 28.4 per square mile (11.0/km2).

11.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.