 According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 48.8 square miles (126.5 km²).Of this total, 48.7 square miles (126.2 km²) are land and 0.1 square mile (0.2 km², or 0.18%) is water.As of the census of 2000, there were 872 people, 330 households, and 241 families residing in the township.