Redwater is a city in Bowie County, Texas, United States. The population was 853 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Texarkana metropolitan area.
History
Redwater is twelve miles southwest of Texarkana in southeastern Bowie County. It grew up in the mid-1870s around a sawmill operated by two men named Daniels and Spence, who named the community Ingersoll, in honor of the agnostic Robert Ingersoll. A post office was established in 1881, and by 1884 the town had an estimated population of fifty.
In 1886 a big revival meeting was held in the town, which resulted in about 110 conversions. Shortly after the meeting residents of the town, no longer wishing to honor the agnostic, decided that the name of the town should be changed. They had just completed a new well that yielded red water, and the town was renamed for this feature. The name of the post office was not officially changed until 1894. Although the population of the town swelled to an estimated 300 by 1892, by 1900 it had fallen to 128. It reached 250 in the 1920s.
During World War II the Red River Army Depot and Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant were built just north of Redwater, providing thousands of jobs for county residents. The population of Redwater jumped from 250 in the early 1940s to 457 by 1950. In 1982 Redwater had a population of 460 and five rated businesses. In 1990 the population was 894.
Redwater is also home to the first recorded set of quadruplets in the United States.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Redwater had a population of 853. The median age was 37.7 years. 23.8% of residents were under the age of 18 and 15.8% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 97.9 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 90.6 males age 18 and over.
There were 332 households in Redwater, of which 37.7% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 43.7% were married-couple households, 18.7% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 32.2% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 22.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
! Race !! Number !! Percent
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| White || 715 || 83.8%
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| Black or African American || 63 || 7.4%
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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 11 || 1.3%
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| Asian || 3 || 0.4%
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| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 0 || 0.0%
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| Some other race || 3 || 0.4%
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| Two or more races || 58 || 6.8%
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| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 32 || 3.8%
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2010 census
According to the 2010 census, there were 1,057 people in the city.