It depended on enslaved labor.Īfter emancipation, many African Americans continued to work in agriculture in this area. In the first half of the 19th century, this area was developed as cotton plantations, part of what was considered the Mississippi Delta extending north to Memphis and south to Vicksburg.
The Robinsonville post office, with ZIP code 38664, is the mailing address for the entire CDP. The unincorporated community of Robinsonville is in the south-central part of the CDP. The use of the name 'Tunica' by the resorts led to the alternative name of Tunica Resorts to make it easier for tourists to find the destination. Tunica Resorts is the site of six casino resorts, and at one time generated the third largest gambling revenues in the nation, after Las Vegas and Atlantic City, New Jersey, but competition has increased in other locations, including properties owned by Native American tribes and operated on their reservations.
The population as of the 2020 census was 2,132. Route 61, along the border with Arkansas. The community is situated mostly between the Mississippi River and U.S. Tunica Resorts, formerly known as Robinsonville until 2005, is a census-designated place (CDP) in northern Tunica County, Mississippi, United States, north of the county seat of Tunica.
