According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 23.2 square miles (60.1 km2), all land.

[3] The unincorporated community and census-designated place of Skyline View is in the southern part of the township.

Ritzie Village is north of the intersection of PA 443 and Mountain Road in the northern part of the township.

The earliest US census figures reveal a total population of 1,862 residents in the year 1800.

[citation needed] As of the census[5] of 2000, there were 6,505 people, 2,502 households, and 1,944 families residing in the township.