The township is a designated part of Appalachia by the Appalachian Regional Commission.

Portions of the Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 80, through which passes the Appalachian National Scenic Trail is located in the southern portion of the township; the eastern portion of the Sweet Arrow County Lake Park is located along the western border of the township.

[4][5] At the time of the 2000 census, there were 2,750 people, 1,001 households, and 785 families living in the township.

There were 1,082 housing units at an average density of 34.9 per square mile (13.5/km2).

[7] Of the 1,001 households that were documented in this township, 36.3% had children under the age of eighteen living with them, 68.1% were married couples living together, 5.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.5% were non-families.