Editing Redding Township, Michigan

{{distinguish|Reading Township, Michigan}}
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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Redding Township, Michigan
|settlement_type          = [[Civil township]]
|nickname                 = 
|motto                    =

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|image_skyline            = Redding Township, Michigan.jpg
|imagesize                = 275
|image_caption            = Redding Township Hall
|image_flag               = 
|image_seal               =

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|pushpin_map            =Michigan#USA
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|pushpin_label          =Redding Township
|pushpin_map_caption    =Location within the state of Michigan##Location within the United States
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|image_map                = Redding Township, MI location.png
|mapsize                  = 250
|map_caption              = Location within [[Clare County, Michigan|Clare County]]

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|subdivision_type         = Country
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Michigan]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Michigan|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Clare County, Michigan|Clare]]

<!-- Government -->
|government_footnotes     = <ref>{{cite web|last=[[Michigan Townships Association]]|url=https://michigantownships.org/find-a-township/?fips=67600|title=Redding Township, Clare County, Michigan|date=2023|access-date=January 25, 2023}}</ref>
|government_type          = 
|leader_title             = Supervisor
|leader_name              = Bruce Scarbrough
|leader_title1            = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
|leader_name1             = Susie Brower
|established_title        = Established
|established_date         = 1891

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|unit_pref                = Imperial
|area_footnotes           = 
|area_magnitude           = 
|area_total_km2           = 91.76
|area_land_km2            = 90.39
|area_water_km2           = 1.37
|area_total_sq_mi         = 35.43
|area_land_sq_mi          = 34.90
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.53

<!-- Population -->
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = <ref name=C2020>{{cite web|last=[[United States Census Bureau]]|url=https://data.census.gov/all?q=Redding+township,+Clare+County,+Michigan|title=Redding Township, Clare County, Michigan|access-date=January 24, 2023}}</ref>
|population_total         = 459
|population_density_km2   = 
|population_density_sq_mi = 13.2

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|timezone                 = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
|utc_offset               = -5
|timezone_DST             = EDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -4
|elevation_footnotes      = 
|elevation_m              = 321
|elevation_ft             = 1053
|coordinates              = {{coord|44|01|53|N|85|01|38|W|region:US-MI_type:adm2nd_source:GNIS|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
|postal_code              = 48625 ([[Harrison, Michigan|Harrison]])<br>48632 ([[Lake, Clare County, Michigan|Lake]])<br>49665 ([[Marion, Michigan|Marion]])
|area_code                = [[Area code 989|989]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 26-67600<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 1626959<ref>{{GNIS|1626959}}</ref>
|website                  = 
|footnotes                = 
}}
[[File:Temple, Michigan.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Community of Temple along [[M-61 (Michigan highway)|M-61]]]]
'''Redding Township''' is a [[civil township]] of [[Clare County, Michigan|Clare County]] in the U.S. state of [[Michigan]]. The population was 459 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name=C2020/>

==Communities==
*'''Clarence''' is a former settlement located along the [[Ann Arbor Railroad (1895–1976)|Toledo and Ann Arbor Railroad]].  It was settled around 1888 around a mill operated by the Clarence Lumber Company.  A now-defunct post office opened on January 12, 1893.{{sfn|Romig|1986|page=117}}
*'''Temple''' is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] located along [[M-61 (Michigan highway)|M-61]] in the center of the township at {{coord|44|01|51|N|85|01|42|W}}.<ref>{{GNIS|1614672|Temple, Michigan}}</ref>  It settled as a station along the Toledo, Ann Arbor, and Northern Michigan Railroad in 1889.  It was settled on land given by Mary Campbell, and the community was originally called Campbell City.  A post office opened on April 21, 1890, and was named Temple after local resident Martin Temple.  The post office operated until August 12, 1966.{{sfn|Romig|1986|page=552}}

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|35.43|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|34.90|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.53|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (1.50%) is water.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-24.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019111423/http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-24.pdf |archive-date=2012-10-19 |url-status=live|format=PDF |title=Michigan: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing | date = September 2012|publisher = [[United States Census Bureau]]| work = [[2010 United States census]]| access-date = January 13, 2023|page=19 Michigan}}</ref>

The [[Muskegon River]] flows southwest through the center of the township.

===Major highways===
*{{jct|state=MI|M|61|name1=Temple Drive}} runs east–west though the center of the township.
*{{jct|state=MI|M|115}} runs just outside the southwest corner of the township.

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 526 people, 219 households, and 153 families residing in the township. The [[population density]] was 14.9 per square mile (5.8/km{{sup|2}}). There were 497 housing units at an average density of 14.1 per square mile (5.4/km{{sup|2}}). The racial makeup of the township was 97.15% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.57% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.38% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.38% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.52% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.57% of the population.

There were 219 households, out of which 26.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.1% were non-families. 24.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.79.

In the township the population was spread out, with 24.1% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 27.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 108.9 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $24,438, and the median income for a family was $28,864. Males had a median income of $25,469 versus $26,000 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $14,687. About 16.5% of families and 19.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 20.2% of those under age 18 and 11.7% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
The entire township is served by [[Marion Public Schools]] to the northwest in the village of [[Marion, Michigan|Marion]] in [[Osceola County, Michigan|Osceola Township]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Michigan Geographic Framework|url=http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/mgdl/pdfmaps/CountySchools/SD_BYCO_esize_CLARE%20COUNTY.pdf|title=Clare County School Districts|date=15 November 2013|access-date=January 28, 2023}}</ref>

==References==
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==Sources==
*{{cite book |first1=Walter |last1=Romig |title=Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities |series=Great Lakes Books Series |type=Paperback  |orig-date= 1973 |date=October 1, 1986 |publisher=[[Wayne State University Press]] |isbn = 978-0-8143-1838-6 |location=Detroit, Michigan| pages=184, 220, 403, 581, 588}}

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[[Category:Townships in Clare County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Townships in Michigan]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1891]]
[[Category:1891 establishments in Michigan]]