Redford is a
charter township in
Wayne County in the
U.S. state of
Michigan. The population was 51,622 at the
2000 census.The township had initially been created as Richland Township by an act of the Michigan Territorial Legislature
October 20,
1829, along with Lima Township out of
Bucklin Township. However, the legislature overlooked legislation it had passed earlier on
April 12,
1827, that prohibited the incorporation of any new township with the same name as any existing post office. Governor
Lewis Cass returned the acts unapproved, citing a conflict under the law. The legislature thus had to substitute the names of
Nankin Township and Pekin Township after the cities of
Nanking and
Peking in
China. The name Pekin was changed to Redford in 1833. The name Redford was chosen because French fur trappers forded the
River Rouge in the same area as Redford. Thus, the name Rouge-"Red"-Ford.
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