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
. 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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