The first public building was a tavern on Westport Lake operated by the Drake Family.

[3] The Little Falls and Dakota Railroad (later part of the Northern Pacific Railway) established a depot in 1882.

As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 279 people, 83 households, and 68 families residing in the township.

13.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

About 13.6% of families and 13.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.6% of those under the age of eighteen and 23.1% of those 65 or over.