[3] According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 36.1 square miles (93 km2), all land.

As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 1,261 people, 428 households, and 327 families residing in the township.

There were 607 housing units at an average density of 16.8 per square mile (6.5/km2).

There were 428 households, out of which 40.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.6% were married couples living together, 9.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.4% were non-families.

20.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.