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Redding, Michigan

Redding is in Clare County.

About Redding, Michigan

Redding Township is a civil township in northwestern Clare County with 459 residents at the 2020 census across about 35 square miles. The Muskegon River flows southwest through the center of the township and M-61, locally signed Temple Drive, crosses it east to west. Its one surviving named community is the hamlet of Temple. The lumber-era settlement of Clarence is gone.

History of Redding

• Temple was settled in 1889 as a station on the Toledo, Ann Arbor and Northern Michigan Railroad, which was succeeded in 1895 by the Ann Arbor Railroad.
• The hamlet was settled on land given by Mary Campbell and was originally called Campbell City. A post office opened on April 21, 1890 and was named Temple after local resident Martin Temple. That post office operated until August 12, 1966.
• Temple became a busy location for milling lumber but lost business to larger towns in the first decades of the 20th century.

Landmarks and Places in Redding

• Temple, an unincorporated community on M-61 in the center of the township
• The Muskegon River, which flows southwest through the center of the township

The Redding Economy

• Lumber milling was the historic base. Both named settlements in the township grew around a mill and a railroad station, and both faded.
• There is no incorporated municipality inside the township.

Community Life in Redding

• The entire township is served by Marion Public Schools, based northwest in the village of Marion in Osceola Township.
• Redding Township Hall is the civic center.

Local reference: en.wikipedia.org, www.openstreetmap.org