 White settlers arrived in the Turkeyfoot area by the late 1760s, and a group of about 15-20 Baptist families came to the area from New Jersey around 1774.John Drury had a school near Kingwood in 1812, and William Kilpatrick taught at a private home in Paddytown in 1815.According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 38.8 square miles (100.4 km²), of which 38.7 square miles (100.3 km²) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) (0.08%) is water.