Forest Township is a township in Rice County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,136 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Millersburg is located within Forest Township.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.7 square miles (92 km2); 32.7 square miles (85 km2) of it is land and 3.0 square miles (7.8 km2) of it (8.40%) is water.
Lakes in the township include Circle Lake and Fox Lake. Circle Lake covers 624 acres. Settled in the 1850s, Forest Township was probably named for the forests within its borders.[
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NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING: FOREST TOWNSHIP SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT
Notice is hereby given that the Forest Township Board will hold a special meeting for SSD homeowners on Thursday, October 29 at 6:00 PM at the Forest Township Town Hall. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the proposed system-wide septic tank pumping, cleaning,...
Notice to Forest Township SSD Members
Notice to Forest Township SSD Members The Forest Township Board will be considering approval of the proposed system-wide individual homeowner septic tank pumping, cleaning, and inspection project at its meeting on Wednesday, October 7 at 6:00 PM at the Town Hall. SSD...
Circle Lake Estates and Circle Lake Subordinate Sewer District Resident Meeting
This correspondence serves as formal notice of the following meetings: A meeting of the Circle Lake Subordinate Sewer District scheduled for 5:30 PM on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, at the Forest Town Hall, 3625 Millersburg Boulevard, Faribault, MN 55021. A meeting...