Red Banks, Mississippi

Coordinates: 34°50′05″N 89°33′48″W / 34.83472°N 89.56333°W / 34.83472; -89.56333
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Red Banks, Mississippi
FIPS code
28-61240

Red Banks is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Marshall County, Mississippi, United States.[2] It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census, which reported a population of 215.[3]

History

The name of the community is derived from the color of the banks of the creek which flows past the south side of the settlement. In 1900, the community had a population of 79, two churches and a cotton gin.[4]

Red Banks is located on the BNSF Railway and was incorporated on March 14, 1899.[5] Its post office first began operating in 1847.[6]

Geography

Red Banks is in central Marshall County, 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Holly Springs, the county seat. Mississippi Highway 178 passes through the south side of the community, leading southeast to Holly Springs and northwest 8 miles (13 km) to Byhalia. Interstate 22 runs along the southern edge of the community, with access from Exit 21 (South Red Banks Road). I-22 leads southeast 67 miles (108 km) to Tupelo and northwest to the Memphis, Tennessee, area. Downtown Memphis is 38 miles (61 km) northwest of Red Banks.

According to the

U.S. Census Bureau, the Red Banks CDP has an area of 2.66 square miles (6.89 km2), all land.[1] The center of town sits on a low divide between north-flowing tributaries of the Coldwater River and south-facing slopes that lead to Red Banks Creek, which flows west to the Coldwater. The entire community lies within the Tallahatchie River
watershed.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020215—
U.S. Decennial Census[7]
2020[8]

2020 census

Red Banks CDP, Mississippi – Racial and ethnic composition
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2020[8] % 2020
White
alone (NH) 		150 69.77%
Black or African American
alone (NH) 		43 20.00%
Alaska Native
alone (NH) 		2 0.93%
Asian alone (NH) 3 1.40%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 0 0.00%
Some Other Race alone (NH) 1 0.47%
Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH) 6 2.79%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 10 4.65%
Total 215 100.00%

Notable people

Notes

  1. ^ a b "2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Mississippi". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Red Banks, Mississippi
  3. ^ a b "P1. Race – Red Banks CDP, Mississippi: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
  4. ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (PDF). Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 531.
  5. ^ Howe, Tony. "Red Banks, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  6. ^ "Marshall County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
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  8. ^ a b "P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Red Banks CDP, Mississippi". United States Census Bureau.
  9. ISBN 8796306270
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  10. ^ Hale Rand, Nettie (1940). Rand-Hale, Strong and Allied Families: A Genealogical Study with the Autobiography of Nettie Hale Rand. New York, New York: The American Historical Company, Inc. p. 15.
  11. ^ "Yarbrough, George M., 1916-1988". Civil Rights Digital Library. Retrieved June 9, 2023.


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