Redwood is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
and
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
located southeast of Twin Lake in
Warren County,
Mississippi
Mississippi ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the s ...
, United States. The town is located near the junction of
U.S. Route 61 and
Mississippi Highway 3
Mississippi Highway 3 (MS 3) is a north–south Mississippi state highway, located entirely within the Mississippi Delta region, running from Redwood, Mississippi, Redwood to Lake Cormorant, Mississippi, Lake Cormorant, both at an intersec ...
, approximately 10 miles north of
Vicksburg. Its
zip code is 39156.
Redwood is best known for being the site of the ancient
Fort Saint-Pierre which was built by French colonialists of
La Louisiane française in 1719. The French fort was destroyed by Native Americans in 1729.
The town was laid out by Thomas Redwood and was originally marketed as Carthage. By 1850 the settlement had "two stores and a post office" and residences occupied by carpenters and
Yazoo River raftsmen.
Redwood was home to the Ballground Plantation, which owned slaves until 1963.
Redwood is part of the Vicksburg
Micropolitan Statistical Area.
It was first named as a CDP in the
2020 Census which listed a population of 84.
Demographics
2020 census
References
Unincorporated communities in Mississippi
Unincorporated communities in Warren County, Mississippi
Census-designated places in Warren County, Mississippi
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