[2] According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 25.5 square miles (66.1 km2), all of it land.

As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 3,313 people, 1,163 households, and 860 families residing in the township.

There were 1,242 housing units at an average density of 48.7 per square mile (18.8/km2).

24.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.3% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

In the township the population was spread out, with 27.8% under the age of eighteen, 6.4% from eighteen to twenty-four, 22.8% from twenty-five to forty-four, 19.6% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 23.3% who were sixty-five years of age or older.