[5][6] The township is in northern Menominee County, extending 24 miles (39 km) from north to south.

[1] Most of the township is drained by the Cedar River, which flows south and east toward Green Bay on Lake Michigan.

The river passes between the communities of Powers and Spalding in the southern part of the township.

The northern part of the township is drained by the West Branch of the Ford River, a southeast-flowing tributary of Lake Michigan.

As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 1,761 people, 625 households, and 426 families residing in the township.