[3] The Waterford Covered Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

[4] The township is southeast of the center of Erie County and surrounds the borough of Waterford, a separate municipality.

[3] As of the census[7] of 2000, there were 3,878 people, 1,362 households, and 1,080 families residing in the township.

There were 1,447 housing units at an average density of 28.9 per square mile (11.2/km2).

16.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.