According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 16.2 square miles (42.0 km2), all of it land.

As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 2,093 people, 773 households, and 627 families residing in the township.

There were 811 housing units at an average density of 50.0 per square mile (19.3/km2).

14.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.3% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

In the township the population was spread out, with 25.9% under the age of eighteen, 5.3% from eighteen to twenty-four, 28.4% from twenty-five to forty-four, 28.6% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 11.8% who were sixty-five years of age or older.