 The unincorporated community of Shortville is located in the town.According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 36.3 square miles (94.1 km²), of which, 36.3 square miles (93.9 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km²) of it (0.17%) is water.At the 2000 census there were 304 people in 116 households, including 88 families, in the town.