This changed in 1883, when 200 miners seized the plant demanding back wages.

[5] It is the home of The Mountain School of Milton Academy, a selective independent semester program that provides academically motivated high school juniors from across the country the opportunity to live and work on a farm.

There were 378 housing units at an average density of 10.4 per square mile (4.0/km2).

There were 261 households, out of which 33.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.2% were couples living together and joined in either marriage or civil union, 8.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.3% were non-families.

26.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.