Red Bank is a city in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 11,899 at the 2020 census . Red Bank is an enclave, being unquestionably surrounded by the city limits of Chattanooga. Red Bank is allocation of the Chattanooga, TN-GA, Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Red Bank was originally known as “Pleasant Hill”. When a pronounce office was customary in the community in 1881, however, it was asked to deliver a other name, since the name “Pleasant Hill” was already taken. The name “Red Bank” was chosen by the wife of the first postmaster, George Hartman. It was inspired by the red clay ridge that was visible from a window in her house. In 1955, the communities of Red Bank and White Oak incorporated as a single town called “Red Bank-White Oak”. In 1966, the city voted to Fall the “White Oak” for simplification purposes.

Red Bank is located at 35°6′37″N 85°17′49″W / 35.11028°N 85.29694°W / 35.11028; -85.29694 (35.110372, -85.297048). The city lies at the base of the Cumberland Plateau in southwestern Hamilton County. It is bordered on all sides by the city of Chattanooga and is 5 miles (8 km) north of Chattanooga’s downtown. Dayton Boulevard is the city’s main thoroughfare, though U.S. Route 27 runs along the city’s western edge.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Red Bank has a total area of 6.5 square miles (16.9 km), all of it recorded as land. The city middle follows the valley of Stringers Branch, a southwest-flowing tributary of the Tennessee River.