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
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Mississippi
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, 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
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.
Red Banks is located on the
BNSF Railway
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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
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.
Mississippi Highway 178
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passes through the south side of the community, leading southeast to Holly Springs and northwest to Byhalia.
Interstate 22
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runs along the southern edge of the community, with access from Exit 21 (South Red Banks Road). I-22 leads southeast to
Tupelo
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* Tupelo (tree), a small genus of deciduous trees with alternate, simple leaves
* Tupelo, Mississippi, the county seat and the largest city of Lee County, Mississippi
Tupelo may also refer to:
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* Tupelo, Arka ...
and northwest to the
Memphis, Tennessee
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, area. Downtown Memphis is northwest of Red Banks.
According to the
U.S. Census Bureau
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, 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
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watershed.
Demographics
2020 census
Notable people
*
Gus Cannon
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,
blues
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musician who helped to popularize jug bands.
* Frank C. Rand, President of the
International Shoe Company
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from 1916 to 1930 and its chairman from 1930 to 1949.
* George Yarbrough, former member of the
Mississippi House of Representatives
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and the
Mississippi Senate
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