 The unincorporated communities of Belle Fountain and Marcellon are located in the town.According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 35.8 square miles (92.7 km²), of which, 35.5 square miles (91.9 km²) of it is land and 0.3 square miles (0.7 km²) of it (0.78%) is water.At the 2000 census there were 1,024 people in 362 households, including 287 families, in the town.