[2] The Baker Bridge and Paradise Furnace are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

[3] According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 44.8 square miles (116.0 km2), of which 44.8 square miles (116.0 km2) is land and 0.02% is water.

As of the census[5] of 2000, there were 1,004 people, 343 households, and 270 families residing in the township.

There were 343 households, out of which 37.0% had children under the age of eighteen living with them, 65.9% were married couples living together, 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.0% were non-families.

18.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.5% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.