Rich Square, North Carolina

About Rich Square

Rich Square is a tiny community in northeastern North Carolina, home to 849 residents as of the latest Census estimates.

Rich Square holds the status of an incorporated town — local government on a neighborly scale. The community covers 3.09 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 275 residents per square mile.

📰 Rich Square News Today

• Hobgood, Rich Square awarded community forestry funds RRSpin · Aug 12
• Deputies seize cocaine, fentanyl in Rich Square drug probe | Local News rrdailyherald.com · Jun 29
• Richard "Steve" Steven Edwards Obituary | Garrett-Sykes Funeral Service | Rich Square, NC Tribute Archive · Jul 12
• William Benjamin "Billy" Ivey Obituary (2026) - Rich Square, NC - Garrett-Sykes Funeral Service - Rich Square Chapel Legacy obituary · May 18
• After 15 years, a plea for answers on Daniel Moses, the missing ‘Barbecue Man’ Raleigh News & Observer · Jun 1

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Rich Square Unique

• The only place in America named Rich Square — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• Positioned in northeastern North Carolina, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of North Carolina — one of 776 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 6 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Rich Square

• A Pleasant Taste — soul food
• China King — chinese
• Claudine's Restaurant
• Ethelean SEAFOOD

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Rich Square

🏘️ Nearby Communities