Clyde Township is a civil township of Allegan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,060 at the 2020 census.
History
Clyde Township was established in 1859.
Communities
Bravo began around a sawmill started by Ezra L. Davis and Alonzo Sherman in 1867.
Clyde Centre began around a sawmill in 1872. It had a post office from 1873 to 1877. After that the sawmill closed and the area was used for farming and lost its identity as a place.
Pearl is an unincorporated community at . The community began with a sawmill built by Eggleston & Hazleton in 1875, and was first known as Clyde Center from its location near the center of Clyde Township. It was renamed for Simeon O. Pearl in 1881, and a post office was established named Pearl on April 15, 1881, with George H. Smith as the first postmaster. It was also a station on the Chicago and West Michigan Railway.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.92%, is water.
Demographics
As of the census