Redford Township is a charter township in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. An inner-ring suburb of Detroit, Redford borders Detroit to the west, roughly 15 miles (24.1 km) northwest of downtown Detroit. As of the 2020 census, the township had a population of 49,504.
Redford Township Hall
The River Rouge is a 127-mile river in the Metro Detroit area of southeastern Michigan. It flows into the Detroit River at Zug Island, which is the boundary between the cities of River Rouge and Detroit.
Man-made falls on the River Rouge at Henry Ford's Fair Lane estate.
River Rouge in Dearborn. The Southfield Freeway bridge is shown.
Henry Ford used hydropower dams, like this one on the Rouge electrifying his estate, to power several "Village Industries"
Ingersol Creek at Novi. Note riparian buffer. Just outside the frame are a rail line and residential, industrial, and public recreation facilities