The first post office was established in 1857.  Even by 1884 the small rural town still did not contain a store.

 

It is bounded on the north by the town of Forest, on the east by the town of Greenwood and the south by Richland County and on the west by the town of Stark.

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The surface on some parts of the Town are very rough and broken, while others are quite level.  There is a large amount of timber distributed over the surface of the Town, some of the best lands in the Town had not been cleared up, even as late as 1884.

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The western part of the Town is watered by Warner Creek and its branches.  The southern part by the Bear creek and the south by the Pine River, which takes its rise in the Town.