[2] The Fissel's School, Bridge 634, Northern Central Railway, Bridge 182+42, Northern Central Railway, and Stone Arch Road Bridge, Stewartstown Railroad are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

[4] According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 29.2 square miles (76 km2), of which 0.03% is water.

The township is located in southern York County adjacent to the Maryland-Pennsylvania border and along Interstate 83, between York to the north and Baltimore to the south.

At the 2000 census there were 5,947 people, 2,157 households, and 1,729 families living in the township.

There were 2,206 housing units at an average density of 75.4 per square mile (29.1/km2).