Official Name: | Red Bank, Texas |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Red Bank |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Bowie |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 322 |
Coordinates: | 33.5253°N -94.2428°W |
Area Code: | 903 & 430 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 2034796 |
Red Bank, or Redbank, is an unincorporated town in Bowie County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 125 in 2000. It is part of the Texarkana metropolitan area.
Red Bank was first settled between 1830 and 1845 and was named for the red soil in the area. In 1901, the post office was established but closed a year later, with James Hubbard as the postmaster. By the 1980s, Red Bank had a church, two businesses, two cemeteries, and several scattered houses.[1]
Red Bank is located at the intersections of Farm to Market Road 1398 (FM 1398), County Road 2109 (CR 2109), and CR 2212, about 10miles northeast of the county seat of New Boston, 15.8miles northwest of Texarkana, and 6.4miles north of Victory City.[2]
The Hooks Independent School District serves students in Redbank.[3]