Red Bank

Geography

Red Bank is located just east of the center of Lexington County and it is bordered to the north by Lexington, the county seat, and to the south by the White Knoll CDP. South Carolina Highway 6 (S. Lake Drive) is the main road through town, leading north to the center of Lexington and south to Edmund towards Pelion and Swansea. Interstate 20 forms a border between the town of Lexington and Red Bank as well as their respective postal codes. Platt Springs Road (South Carolina Highway 602 east of SC-6) forms the border between Red Bank and White Knoll. Highway 602 leads northeast to West Columbia. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Red Bank CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 1.85%, are water. Red Bank Creek, an east-flowing tributary of Congaree Creek and part of the Congaree River watershed, passes just south of the original town center. Crystal Lake and Saxe-Gotha Millpond are two small reservoirs impounding the creek.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  15,444
• Carolina Wren

  Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  12,223
• Northern Mockingbird

  Mimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  10,992
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  10,812
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  10,225
• House Finch

  Haemorhous mexicanus (P.L.Statius Müller, 1776) · Aves
  9,875
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  9,722
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  9,073

Most recent

• M 3 — 2026-02-26
  5 km WSW of Irmo, South Carolina
• M 2.84 — 2026-02-13
  4 km WSW of Irmo, South Carolina
• M 2.72 — 2026-01-20
  5 km ESE of Elgin, South Carolina
• M 2.54 — 2025-08-23
  4 km NNW of Coronaca, South Carolina
• M 3.04 — 2025-08-23
  3 km N of Coronaca, South Carolina
• M 2.88 — 2025-08-23
  3 km NNW of Coronaca, South Carolina