Red Banks, Mississippi

Red Banks, Mississippi
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 34°49′41″N89°33′52″W / 34.82806°N 89.56444°W / 34.82806; -89.56444
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Marshall
Area [1]
• Total	2.66 sq mi (6.89 km2)
• Land	2.66 sq mi (6.89 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	449 ft (137 m)
Population  (2020) [2]
• Total	215
• Density	80.83/sq mi (31.21/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	38661 (Red Banks) 38635 (Holly Springs)
Area code	662
GNIS feature ID	676512 [3]
FIPS code	28-61240

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

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

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	215		—
U.S. Decennial Census [7] 2020 [8]

2020 census

Red Banks CDP, Mississippi - Demographic Profile
(NH = Non-Hispanic)

Race / Ethnicity	Pop 2020 [8]	% 2020
White alone (NH)	150	69.77%
Black or African American alone (NH)	43	20.00%
Native American or 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/Multi-Racial (NH)	6	2.79%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	10	4.65%
Total	215	100.00%

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 can be of any race.

Notable people

• Gus Cannon, blues musician who helped to popularize jug bands. Best known for his 1929 song Walk Right In that became a popular hit in 1963 when recorded by the folk music group, The Rooftop Singers. ^[9]
• Frank C. Rand, businessman and philanthropist. President of the International Shoe Company from 1916 to 1930 and its chairman from 1930 to 1949. ^[10]
• George Yarbrough, former member of the Mississippi House of Representatives and the Mississippi Senate ^[11]

Notes

1. "2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Mississippi". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
2. "P1. Race – Red Banks CDP, Mississippi: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
3. "Red Banks, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
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.
7. "Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades". US Census Bureau.
8. "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Red Banks CDP, Mississippii". United States Census Bureau .
9. Bogdanov, Vladimir (2001). All music guide : the definitive guide to popular music (4th ed.). BackBeat Books. p. 513. ISBN   8796306270.
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.