As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 1,085 people, 377 households, and 317 families residing in the township.

There were 384 housing units at an average density of 9.3 per square mile (3.6/km2).

There were 377 households, out of which 39.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 75.3% were married couples living together, 3.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.9% were non-families.

12.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Prolific film and television character actor William Fawcett (1894-1974) grew up in High Forest Township and is interred with his wife, Helene, in Roselawn Cemetery in Roseville, Minnesota.