There were 9.5% of families and 7.4% of the population living below the poverty line, including 7.1% of under eighteens and none of those over 64.

Northern Telephone Company of Minnesota (Area Code 218-488) serves fewer than 40 subscribers.

It gained brief fame as the last place in the continental United States to use a trunking system (inter-office circuits) that was called "N2 Carrier", an analog system that utilized Multi-Frequency (MF) tones and the notorious 2600 Hz control tone for answer supervision and idle trunk condition.

The era ended in June 2006, when the privately owned exchange switched to a digital trunk.

Phone hacking attempts from across the nation had placed a large burden on the extremely small telephone company serving the township.