The village of Mount Hope and the unincorporated community of Shady Dell are located in the town.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 29.9 square miles (77.4 km2), all of it land.
At the 2000 census,[2] there were 225 people, 84 households, and 60 families living in the town.
There were 92 housing units at an average density of 3.1 per square mile (1.2/km2).
20.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.