State highway M-46 crosses the township, leading west to Edmore and east to St. Louis.

As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 2,868 people, 1,052 households, and 792 families residing in the township.

There were 1,245 housing units at an average density of 34.7 per square mile (13.4/km2).

There were 1,052 households, out of which 37.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.6% were married couples living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.7% were non-families.

20.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.