[5] It was named for J. L. Runeberg, a Swedo-Finnish national poet of Finland.

[6] As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 387 people, 130 households, and 101 families residing in the township.

The racial makeup of the township was 97.42% White and 2.58% Native American.

There were 130 households, out of which 35.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.2% were married couples living together, 3.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.3% were non-families.

20.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.