It was originally part of the Miami Indian reservation until 1847, when the land was available for purchase by white settlers.

[5] The earliest religious congregation in the township was founded in the mid 1800s, it was of Baptist denomination.

Prior to extensive white settlement, the area had forests with spicebush, dogwood, willow, elm, poplar, beech, sugar tree, ash, and linn.

[7][8] The soil is made of "deep, black vegetable mold," that sits on top of "impervious clay sub-soil" and is good for agriculture.

In 1851, a second road was built in the northern part of the township, traveling east to west.