Welcome Friends!
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TOWN OF WATAB ADDRESS:
660 75th Street NW, Sauk Rapids, MN 56379
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Watab Township is located on Benton County's west central border, and is one of the County's most urbanized Townships. Although there are no cities or rural centers located in the Township, due to its proximity to Sartell, Sauk Rapids, and St. Cloud, as well as such residential amenities as the Mississippi River and Little Rock Lake, Watab is experiencing increased pressure for further development. Urban Township Powers were established by a vote of the residents on March 8, 1983 and certified to the Secretary of State on June 6th of that year.
Watab is also the least agricultural Township in Benton County. With 8,596 acres, only 63.1 percent of its land area is designated as Agricultural. Residential development is the second largest land use category in Watab. Consisting of 3,094 acres or 22.7 percent of the total Township land area, most of these residential areas are located around Little Rock Lake and the Mississippi River. In addition, there are a number of scattered small lot farmsteads as well as larger lot rural residential estates located throughout the Township. According to the most current data, the population of Watab is approximately 3,200 people, which is greater than the cities of Foley and Rice combined.
Due to the location of U.S. Highway 10 in Watab, commercial and industrial development comprises a larger share of its land area than other townships. Comprising 464.4 acres or 3.4 percent of Watab's land area, commercial and industrial development is focused on providing goods and services to the surrounding area as well as to the traveling public. As the Watab area grows, commercial development will continue to be located along this regional highway.
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Official notices can be found in the Sauk Rapids Herald, the legal newspaper for the township, as well as on Benton Cable Channel 3, at the Town Hall, Clerk's Home, and Rockwood Estates. Contact the Clerk if you would like to receive notices of meetings by email.
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Township Ordinances
Rent your Town Hall. Cost is only $75 for township residents and $100 for non-residents. See the Town Hall Rental Page of this website for further details or call the Township Clerk to schedule.
Watab Township is a member of the Central Minnesota Water Education Alliance (CMWEA). Visit the website below to take the Clean Water Pledge and find tips for homeowners.
Congratulations to Julie Johnson, elected to a 3-year term as Supervisor and
Jon Hull, appointed to a 1-year term as Clerk of Watab Township.
Both of them took the Oath of Office on Monday, March 26, 2018.
See the "Contact Us" page for their contact information.
Watab Township requires Building Permits and Land Disturbance Permits for construction projects.
See the Contact Page for further information.
Mary John, an early teacher at Watab School wrote for Reminisce magazine in 2007 about her experience teaching here. Click here to read it.
The Benton County Sheriff's Department has produced three videos
on workplace safety. Please use this link to view them
to learn valuable tools to deal with anger, bomb threats, and active shooters.
