Red Banks, Mississippi


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

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

Geography

Red Banks is in central Marshall County, 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 to Byhalia. Interstate 22 runs along the southern edge of the community, with access from Exit 21. I-22 leads southeast to Tupelo and northwest to the Memphis, Tennessee, area. Downtown Memphis is northwest of Red Banks.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Red Banks CDP has an area of, all land. 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.

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