According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 22.0 square miles (56.9 km2), of which 0.01 square miles (0.02 km2), or 0.03%, is water.

[3] Deep Valley, along the Pennsylvania Fork of Fish Creek, is the primary settlement in this township.

The racial makeup of the township was 98.74% White, 0.42% Native American, and 0.84% from two or more races.

There were 169 households, out of which 40.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them; 55.6% were married couples living together, 15.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.1% were non-families.

16.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.