This township was erected by an act of the Legislature approved the 10th day of April 1873. It has practically no inhabitants and no separate township organization, but for the purpose of taxation, is annexed to Lawrence Township.

The township is bounded on the north by Huston Township, on the east by Lawrence Township, on the south by Pike Township and on the west by Union Township. It consists mostly of a vast wilderness.

The population of the township, according to the census of 1910 was 32.