THE ROLLING FORKS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Alexandria Moraines and Detroit Lakes Outwash Plain setting.
Rolling Forks township has 34.7 square miles of land in Pope County. Its Census reference point is in Alexandria Moraines and Detroit Lakes Outwash Plain, within North Central Hardwood Forests.
This transition between northern forests and southern farming country includes lakes, wetlands and hardwood woodland. Glacial landforms support a mosaic of open land and wooded areas.
Regional context: North Central Hardwood Forests ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Rolling Forks and Pope County
Rolling Forks is associated with Pope County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Rolling Forks by land and water
The Census records 1.09 square miles of water within Rolling Forks, or 3% of its total area. It is 2.9 percentage points lower than the 5.9% recorded for Pope County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Rolling Forks township has 1.1 times the land area of nearby Gilchrist township (32 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

