[4] The township was named after Myron Butman, a businessman in the lumber industry.

[9] As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 1,947 people, 853 households, and 690 families residing in the township.

There were 1,482 housing units at an average density of 43.5 per square mile (16.8/km2).

There were 853 households, out of which 17.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.9% were married couples living together, 3.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.1% were non-families.

16.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.