According to Warren Upham, the name may come from the transit instruments used by railroad surveyors.

As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 324 people, 119 households, and 91 families residing in the township.

There were 119 households, out of which 26.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.7% were married couples living together, 2.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.7% were non-families.

19.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

About 4.3% of families and 5.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under the age of eighteen or sixty-five or over.