 Forest Prairie Township was given that name for the forests and prairies within its borders.It is just north of Forest City, south of Watkins, and by Clear Lake.It was first settled in the spring of 1866 by Merritt Birdsall Case, Charles T. Groot, J. S. Reynolds, George Scrivner, George Smith, James W. Polk, Seymour Stevens, and Michael A. Roach.