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History · Redwater

Half of Redwater’s homes were built after 2005

Most of Redwater was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2005. Below: maps from 1962 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Redwater’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Redwater are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Redwater, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Redwater yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Redwater is a census-designated place (CDP) in Leake County, Mississippi, United States. It is one of the eight communities of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians Reservation, and the population is 61% Choctaw. As of the 2020 census, Redwater had a population of 683.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 633 to 683 (+8%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Redwater on the map, 1962 to 1994

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Redwater. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Redwater on the 1962 USGS mapRedwater on the 1989 USGS mapRedwater on the 1994 USGS map1962Thomastown sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Redwater.

People over time

Redwater, census by census

010020030040050060070020002020Peak: 683

Between 409 and 683 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Redwater’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Redwater

Nobody well known was born in Redwater itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Oprah WinfreyAmerican talk show host, actress, producer, and… · b. 1954
Otis RushAmerican musician · b. 1935
Arthur CrudupAmerican recording artist; Delta blues singer, … · b. 1905
James MeredithAmerican political activist & writer · b. 1933
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Ross BarnettGovernor of Mississippi, 1960–1964 · b. 1898
Charlie MusselwhiteAmerican electric blues harmonica player and ba… · b. 1944
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Mount Bethel Churchchurch
1cemetery inside Redwater
Zion Hill

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

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Questions about Redwater’s history

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.