 Winsted Township was named after Winsted, Connecticut.According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 34.6 square miles (89.6 km²), of which 33.5 square miles (86.8 km²) of it is land and 1.1 square miles (2.9 km²) of it (3.21%) is water.As of the census of 2000, there were 987 people, 330 households, and 287 families residing in the township.