The borough of Pleasantville (or "Alum Bank") is surrounded by the township but is separate from it.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 29.8 square miles (77.3 km2), all land.

[4] As of the census[6] of 2000, there were 1,647 people, 594 households, and 472 families residing in the township.

Out of all of the households that were documented, 18.4% were made up of individuals, and 8.9% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 97.3 males.