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.
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.
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^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.
