 According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 29.2 square miles (75.6 km²), of which, 29.0 square miles (75.1 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.5 km²) of it (0.62%) is water.As of the census of 2000, there were 1,565 people, 575 households, and 465 families residing in the township.The population density was 54.0 people per square mile (20.8/km²).