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History · Redding Township

Half of Redding Township’s homes were built after 1976

Most of Redding Township was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1976. Below: 1 old photo or paper.

0on the National Register
4%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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What stands out about Redding Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Redding Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Redding Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Temple
1890–1966
Clarence
1893–1926
Pennock
1902–1907
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Temple
Gone or out of use
Clarence Post Officepost officeClarence StationlocaleFreeman-Redding Oil FieldoilfieldPennock Post Officepost officeTemple Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Redding Township
Fernwood

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Redding Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Redding Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Redding Township is a civil township of Clare County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 459 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 526 to 459 (-13%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Redding Township, 1890 to 1966

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1890Post officeThe Temple post office opens
  3. 1893Post officeThe Clarence post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1902Post officeThe Pennock post office opens
  6. 1907Post officeThe Pennock post office closes
  7. 1926Post officeThe Clarence post office closes
  8. 1966Post officeThe Temple post office closes
By decade

Redding Township, decade by decade

Date unknown1 to date
Plat map of Redding Township, Michigan (1916)Date?Plat map of Redding Township, Michigan (1916)Map
Today2 recent
Redding Township, Michigan2022Redding Township, MichiganRedding Township, MI location2019Redding Township, MI location
Famous people

Famous people close to Redding Township

Nobody well known was born in Redding Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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J
Joseph William GuytonUS Army soldier · b. 1889
Wib SmithAmerican baseball player · b. 1886
D
Dan BazuinPlayer of American football · b. 1983
D
Deane W. KelleyAmerican football coach · b. 1876
W
Wish EganAmerican baseball player · b. 1881
E
Eugene L. DersnahAmerican sports coach and educator · b. 1888
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Winterfield TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGreenwood TownshipIts storyCMiddle Branch TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFreeman TownshipIts storyD

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (3), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.