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Bedford Township is located in Monroe County along the southern border of Michigan. It is bordered to the south by the city of Toledo, Ohio.According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 39.36 square miles (101.94 km 2), of which 39.20 square miles (101.53 km 2) are land and 0.16 square miles (0.41 km 2), or 0.40%, are water. [1]
Bedford Township is located in the center of Bedford County and surrounds the borough of Bedford. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 68.3 square miles (176.9 km 2), of which 68.1 square miles (176.3 km 2) is land and 0.23 square miles (0.6 km 2), or 0.34%, is water.
Temperance was established as Bedford Center in 1859. On December 8, 1884, a post office was established at Bedford Center and was named Temperance with Lewis Ansted as the first postmaster. The name "Temperance" was suggested by the wife of one of the founding land owners, who was a member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
Bedford Township was organized in 1825. [4] Many of its first settlers were natives of Bedford County, Pennsylvania, hence the name. [5] Statewide, the only other Bedford Township is located in Meigs County. [6]
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Bedford Township is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Michigan: Bedford Charter Township, Michigan in Calhoun County, Michigan;