[4] The township includes Little Charity Island, located 5 miles (8 km) offshore in Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron.

As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 1,091 people, 503 households, and 353 families residing in the township.

There were 1,111 housing units at an average density of 96.4 per square mile (37.2/km2).

There were 503 households, out of which 17.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.2% were married couples living together, 5.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.8% were non-families.

26.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.