Editing Redford, Michigan

{{short description|Township in Michigan, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name                     = Redford Township, Michigan
|official_name            = Charter Township of Redford
|other_name               =
|native_name              = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English -->
|nickname                 =
|settlement_type          = [[Charter township]]
|motto                    =
|image_skyline            =Redford Township Hall Michigan.JPG
|imagesize                =275
|image_caption            =Redford Township Hall
|image_flag               = Flag of Redford Township, Michigan.svg
|flag_size                =
|image_seal               = Seal of Redford Township, Michigan.svg
|seal_size                =
|image_shield             =
|shield_size              =
|image_blank_emblem       =
|blank_emblem_size        =
|image_map                = Redford Charter Township, MI location.png
|mapsize                  = 250
|map_caption              = Location within [[Wayne County, Michigan|Wayne County]]
|pushpin_map            =Michigan#USA
|pushpin_label_position =left<!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none -->
|pushpin_label = Redford
|pushpin_map_caption    =Location within the state of Michigan##Location within the United States
|image_map1               =
|mapsize1                 =
|map_caption1             =
| subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name         = {{flagu|United States}}
| subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1        = {{flag|Michigan}}
| subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Michigan|County]]
| subdivision_name2        = {{Flagicon image|Flag of Wayne County, Michigan.svg}} [[Wayne County, Michigan|Wayne]]
|subdivision_type3        =
|subdivision_name3        =
|subdivision_type4        =
|subdivision_name4        =
|government_footnotes     =
|government_type          = 
|leader_title             = Supervisor
|leader_name              = Pat McRae
|leader_title1            = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
|leader_name1             = Garth Christie
|leader_title2            =
|leader_name2             =
|leader_title3            =
|leader_name3             =
|leader_title4            =
|leader_name4             =
|established_title        = Organized
|established_date         = 1829
|established_title2       = <!-- Incorporated (town) -->
|established_date2        =
|established_title3       = <!-- Incorporated (city) -->
|established_date3        =
|area_magnitude           =
|unit_pref                =  Imperial
|area_footnotes           =
|area_total_km2           = 29.11
|area_land_km2            = 29.11
|area_water_km2           = 0.0
|area_total_sq_mi         = 11.24
|area_land_sq_mi          = 11.24
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.0
|area_water_percent       =
|area_urban_km2           =
|area_urban_sq_mi         =
|area_metro_km2           =
|area_metro_sq_mi         =
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     =
|population_note          =
|population_total         = 49504
|population_density_km2   = 
|population_density_sq_mi = 4302.7
| population_metro         = 4285832 ([[Metro Detroit]])
|population_density_metro_km2     =
|population_density_metro_sq_mi   =
|population_urban                 =
|population_density_urban_km2     =
|population_density_urban_sq_mi   =
|population_blank1_title          =
|population_blank1                =
|population_density_blank1_km2    =
|population_density_blank1_sq_mi  =
|timezone                 = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset = &minus;5
|timezone_DST             = EDT
| utc_offset_DST = &minus;4
|coordinates              = {{coord|42|23|41|N|83|17|49|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_footnotes      = <!--for references: use <ref> tags-->
|elevation_m              = 191
|elevation_ft             = 627
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
|postal_code              = 48239, 48240
|area_code                = [[Area code 313|313]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS]] code
|blank_info               = 26-67625<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              = 1626960<ref>{{Cite GNIS|1626960|Charter Township of Redford}}</ref>
|website                  = {{URL|http://www.redfordtwp.com/|Official website}}
|footnotes                =
}}
<!-- Infobox ends -->
'''Redford Township''' is a [[charter township]] in [[Wayne County, Michigan|Wayne County]] in the U.S. state of [[Michigan]]. An inner-ring [[Metro Detroit|suburb of Detroit]], Redford borders [[Detroit]] to the east, roughly {{convert|15|mi|km|1}} northwest of [[downtown Detroit]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the township had a population of 49,504.<ref name="Census 2020">{{cite web| url=https://www.census.gov| title=Race, Hispanic or Latino, Age, and Housing Occupancy: 2020 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File (QT-PL), Redford charter township, Wayne County, Michigan| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=September 8, 2011}}</ref>

==History==
Springwells Township and Bucklin Township were formally organized and laid out by gubernatorial act on April 12, 1827. Postal regulations prohibiting two post offices having the same name required&mdash;when a township was subdivided&mdash;unique names to be found. The Bucklin name was extinguished when it was split on October 29, 1829, along what is now Inkster Road into [[Nankin Township, Michigan|Nankin Township]] (west half) and Pekin Township (east half), named as a result of a wave of interest in China. In March 1833, Pekin was renamed Redford and the southern half became Dearborn Township on April 1. The name Redford was chosen because natives and colonial European immigrants forded the [[River Rouge (Michigan)|River Rouge]] where the river runs through Redford.<ref>Burton, Clarence M. et al., ''The City of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922'', vol. 2., p. 1581. (Detroit: S.J. Clarke, 1922)</ref> "Rouge" is French for "red."

The township used to go all the way to Greenfield Road, but in the 1920s the eastern portions of the township were annexed by Detroit. This annexation ceased
in 1926 when the township was given "charter" status by the Michigan legislature.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Redford Township {{!}} Economic Development |url=https://www.waynecounty.com/departments/econdev/redford-township.aspx |access-date=2022-06-28 |website=www.waynecounty.com}}</ref>  In 1918 there was a post office named "Five Points" operating between 6 Mile Road and 7 Mile Road along the road of that name.{{sfn|Romig|1986|page=199}}

Redford is the site of Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School, whose hiring practices spurred the 2012 Supreme Court Case ''[[Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission]]''.

==Geography==
Redford Township is a western suburb of [[Detroit]]. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|11.2|sqmi|km2}}, all land.  The middle branch of the [[River Rouge (Michigan)|River Rouge]] flows through the Lola Valley Park in the township. Ashcroft Creek, another branch of the Rouge River, flows for about a half mile in the southeastern corner of the township before entering Detroit's Rouge Park, and then into the main branch of the Rouge. Tarabusi Creek of the Bell Branch, another branch of the Rouge River, flows through Western Golf Club and Bell Creek Park.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1930= 3834
|1940= 6867
|1950= 18940
|1960= 71276
|1970= 71901
|1980= 58441
|1990= 54387
|2000= 51662
|2010= 48362
|2020= 49504
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2015">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/2616367625|title=Redford charter township, Wayne County, Michigan|access-date=October 25, 2016}}</ref>
}}

===2020 Census===
In 2020, Redford Township had a population of 48,492. The ethnic and racial makeup of the population was 44.1% white, 50.2% African-American, 0.4% Asian, 3.0% reporting more than one race, 5.5% Hispanic. White alone non Hispanic accounted for 41.5% of the population.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/redfordchartertownshipwaynecountymichigan/PST045222}}</ref>

===2010 census===
In 2010, Redford Township had a population of 48,362. The ethnic and racial makeup of the population was 64.7% white, 28.7% African-American, 0.8% Asian, 2.3% reporting more than one race, 0.6% reporting other races (apparently including those who reported being Native American and being Pacific Islander as well as those who just marked the other box) and 2.9% Hispanic or Latino of any race.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=060XX00US2616367625&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P1 |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> The African-American population increased by about 200% between 2000 and 2010, while the overall population of the township declined by 6%.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}

===Population trends===
The U.S. Census Bureau also defined Redford Township as a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in the 2000 Census so that the community would appear on the list of places (like cities and villages) as well on the list of county subdivisions (like other townships). The final statistics for the township and the CDP were identical.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 51,622 people, 20,182 households, and 13,582 families living in the township.  The population density was {{convert|4,597.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 20,605 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,835.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 87.98% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 8.54% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.43% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.76% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.02% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.57% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.70% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.02% of the population.

There were 20,182 households, out of which 31.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.7% were non-families. 27.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.12.

In the township the population was spread out, with 25.3% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 34.0% from 25 to 44, 18.7% from 45 to 64, and 14.9% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.1 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.9 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $49,522, and the median income for a family was $56,461. Males had a median income of $41,923 versus $29,987 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $22,263.  About 3.2% of families and 5.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 6.0% of those under age 18 and 5.2% of those age 65 or over.

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2010, there were 48,362 people, 19,148 households, and 12,387 families living in the township.  The population density was {{convert|4,597.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 20,739 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,835.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 66.4% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 28.9% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.5% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.8% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.02% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.8% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.5% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.9% of the population.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=https://www.census.gov| title=Race, Hispanic or Latino, Age, and Housing Occupancy: 2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File (QT-PL), Redford charter township, Wayne County, Michigan| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=September 8, 2011}}</ref>

==Education==

===Schools===
The public schools are operated by the [[Redford Union School District]], [[South Redford School District]] and [[Clarenceville School District]].

Public high schools include:
*[[Redford Union High School]]
*[[Lee M. Thurston High School|Thurston High School]]

The [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit]] used to operate [[Bishop Borgess High School|Bishop Borgess High School and Academy]] (closed in 2005<ref>"[http://www.clickondetroit.com/education/4289338/detail.html 15 Catholic Schools To Close In Metro Detroit]." Click on Detroit. March 17, 2005. Retrieved on October 7, 2011. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050831110711/http://www.clickondetroit.com/education/4289338/detail.html |date=August 31, 2005 }}</ref>) and [[Detroit Catholic Central High School]] (relocated to [[Novi, Michigan]] in 2005) in Redford Township.

===Public library===
Redford Township Library is located on West Six Mile Road. The library service began in the 1920s, with a bookmobile providing service to the citizens of Redford Township.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mission & History|url=https://www.rtdl.org/about/us/|access-date=2021-02-19|website=Redford Township District Library|language=en-US}}</ref> By the 1950s, the library operated out of a small store front on Beech-Daly Rd. about a block south of Fenkel. A larger,  newly constructed and more modern Redford Township District Library operated from 1962 until August 23, 2004, when the library moved again to another newly constructed, even larger, technologically updated building. In a $4.5 million project, the old library building was turned into an open-air market, amphitheater (the Redford Marquee) and public green space. The Redford Marquee opened in July 2008.<ref>[http://www.metromodemedia.com/devnews/redfordmarqueedone0078.aspx "Marquee market, amphitheater opens in downtown Redford"], Jon Zemke, MetroMode, July 31, 2008.</ref> The construction of the new library was facilitated by an $8.5 million community bond. The {{convert|65000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} facility is situated on a {{convert|2.6|acre|m2}} site that is being leased for $1 for 99 years.<ref>[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DTNB&s_site=detnews&f_site=detnews&f_sitename=Detroit+News%2C+The+%28MI%29&p_multi=DTNB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F769C8AD9428A3B&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Redford Township will build bigger library"], [[The Detroit News]], November 19, 2002.</ref> The library's collection consists of 100,000 books and periodicals, 2,500 CDs, records, cassettes and other audio materials, in addition to 2,500 video items.<ref>[http://www.ohwy.com/mi/p/plmi0402.htm "Redford Township District Library"], Online Highways Travel Guide, ''accessed September 21, 2009''.</ref>

==Highways==
* {{jct|state=MI|I|96}}
* {{jct|state=MI|US|24}} (Telegraph Road)
* {{jct|state=MI|MI|5}} (West Grand River Avenue)
* {{jct|state=MI|MI|102}} (Eight Mile Road)

==Notable people==

Redford is the birthplace of musician [[Ted Nugent]] (December 13, 1948),<ref name="Schruers">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/the-ted-offensive-19790308 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |title=Ted Nugent: The Ted Offensive |first1=Fred |last1=Schruers |date=March 8, 1979 |access-date=May 11, 2015}}</ref> arena football player [[Stephen Wasil]] (April 14, 1984),<ref>{{cite web |title=Stephen Wasil football Statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/football/stats/p-wasilste001 |website=StatsCrew.com }}</ref> NFL player [[Eric Wilson (linebacker, born 1994)|Eric Wilson]] (September 26, 1994),<ref>{{cite web |title=Eric Wilson, Minnesota Vikings, Linebacker |url=https://247sports.com/player/eric-wilson-13892/ |website=247Sports}}</ref> and [[Paul Waterman]], businessman and CEO (July 24, 1964).<ref>{{cite web |title=Redford Union High School Alumni: Distinguished Alumni |url=http://ruhsalumni.com/distinguished_alumni.php |website=ruhsalumni.com}}</ref>

==References in popular culture==
*Folk musician and songwriter [[Sufjan Stevens]]' song "Redford (For Yia-Yia & Pappou)," which appeared on his 2003 album ''Michigan'', mutely chronicles Stevens' childhood experiences in Redford Township, where his grandparents lived.

==Sister cities==
{{SisterCities|Redford|two}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.redfordtwp.com/sister.php|title=Redford Township - Sister Cities Commission: Sister Cities International!|work=redfordtwp.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307231845/http://redfordtwp.com/sister.php|archive-date=2016-03-07}}</ref>
*{{flagdeco|Austria}} [[St. Johann in Tirol]], Austria
*{{flagdeco|Germany}} [[Gau-Algesheim]], [[Rhineland-Palatinate]], Germany

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== Additional 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-year= 1973 |date=October 1, 1986 |publisher=[[Wayne State University Press]] |isbn = 978-0-8143-1838-6 |location=Detroit, Michigan }}

==External links==
{{Portal|Michigan}}
*[http://www.redfordtwp.com/ Charter Township of Redford]

{{Redford, Michigan}}
{{Cities of Wayne County, Michigan}}
{{Metro Detroit}}
{{Michigan}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Redford, Michigan| ]]
[[Category:Townships in Wayne County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Charter townships in Michigan]]
[[Category:Former census-designated places in Michigan]]
[[Category:1829 establishments in Michigan Territory]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1829]]