[3] According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 16.4 square miles (42.6 km2), all land.

As of the census[5] of 2000, there were 713 people, 277 households, and 206 families residing in the township.

There were 277 households, out of which 34.3% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 61.0% were married couples living together, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.3% were non-families.

23.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.1% 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 98.1 males.