It includes the unincorporated community of Walnut Bottom along Yellow Breeches Creek in the north.

[4] As of the census[5] of 2000, there were 1,290 people, 455 households, and 359 families residing in the township.

There were 480 housing units at an average density of 43.3 per square mile (16.7/km2).

There were 455 households, out of which 35.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.8% were married couples living together, 6.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.9% were non-families.

17.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.