Clyde Township is a civil township of St. Clair County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 5,523 at the 2020 Census.
The township is named for the River Clyde in Scotland. In 1825, a Scotsman Robert Smart, with the backing of Detroit interests, built a mill on the Black River. Smart named the place "Clyde Mills", after the river in where he had lived as a boy. Clyde Township was organized in March 1836 and took its name from the settlement. When first organized, Clyde Township encompassed the area of what are now 20 townships. When Kimball Township was set off in 1855, the settlement by which Clyde Township derived its name became part of a different township. The settlement in Kimball Township is now known as Wadhams.
Communities
The Township has a number of unincorporated communities:
- Abbottsford on the western boundary with Kenockee Township.
- Atkins is in the north central part of the township on Wildcat Road at (Elevation: 735 ft./224 m.). It was first settled by Allen Atkins in 1837 and William Atkins in 1839. It was a station on the Pere Marquette Railway. A post office operated from April 1873 until June 1935. It was a station on the Pere Marquette Railway, so named because it was located on North street on the section that is currently a part of M-136. A post office operated from April 1879 until May 1879 and was restored in June 1884. "Clyde, Michigan" and "Ruby, Michigan" are also acceptable city names for the 48049 ZIP code.
- Ruby is an unincorporated community and census-designated place the west central part of the township at Brott and Abbottsford Roads . A post office operated from September 1854 until January 1907.