It is drained by the Schuylkill River, which separates it from Chester County.

A small section of Pennsylvania Route 100 crosses the eastern corner of the township.

Pottstown Area Rapid Transit (PART) provides bus service to West Pottsgrove Township with the Green and Orange lines providing service to Pottstown.

[6] At the 2000 census there were 3,815 people, 1,524 households, and 1,010 families living in the township.

There were 1,606 housing units at an average density of 682.8 per square mile (263.6/km2).

West Pottsgrove Township is governed by a five-member Board of Commissioners.