The Bucklin name was extinguished when it was split on October 29, 1829, along what is now Inkster Road into 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.

This annexation ceased in 1926 when the township was given "charter" status by the Michigan legislature.

[6] 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.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 11.2 square miles (29 km2), all land.

The middle branch of the River Rouge flows through the Lola Valley Park in the township.

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.

[citation needed] 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).

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.

[14] 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.

[15] Redford is the birthplace of musician Ted Nugent (December 13, 1948),[16] arena football player Stephen Wasil (April 14, 1984),[17] NFL player Eric Wilson (September 26, 1994),[18] and Paul Waterman, businessman and CEO (July 24, 1964).