[3] The area around Hope, especially along the Cedar Creek, was a center of Protestant missionary work among the Potomatami in the 1830s and 1840s.

[10] As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 3,283 people, 1,252 households, and 942 families residing in the township.

There were 1,659 housing units at an average density of 50.9 per square mile (19.7/km2).

There were 1,252 households, out of which 32.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.4% were married couples living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.7% were non-families.

20.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.