Kokkinopilos was founded in the 12th century by Vlach farmers. It was captured by the Ottomans in 1442 was administered as a chiflik. After a failed revolt against the Turkish Ottomans during the Greek War of Independence, the village was captured and looted by Ottoman troops. On 8 October 1912 Kokkinopilos was liberated by the Greek Army. During the Axis occupation of Greece the village was burned twice: in 1943 by the Italians and in 1944 by the Germans. The latter resulted to the scattering of the population of the village, in Katerini and Thessaloniki and to the establishment of Kalyvia as a permanent settlement.