The rivers in the east of the district drain into the Rybinsk Reservoir and its tributaries, including the Sit.

Krasny Kholm was first mentioned in the beginning of the 16th century as Spas na Kholmu.

Krasnokholmsky District, with the administrative center in the town of Krasny Kholm, was established within Bezhetsk Okrug of Moscow Oblast.

[12][13] The main industrial enterprise in the district is Krasny Kholm Electromechanical Plant.

[14] The main agricultural specializations in the district are cattle breeding with meat and milk production, as well as vegetables and potato growing.

A railway connecting Moscow and Mga via Sonkovo and Pestovo crosses the district from south to north.

Krasny Kholm is connected by roads with Ustyuzhna via Vesyegonsk, with Tver via Bezhetsk, and with Sandovo via Molokovo.

The district contains fifteen cultural heritage monuments of federal significance (thirteen of them in Krasny Kholm) and additionally sixty-two objects classified as cultural and historical heritage of local significance (forty of them in Krasny Kholm).