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

• Rich Square, NC Weather Forecast – Hourly & 15-Day SpaceRef · Sep 25
• Weather Forecast and Conditions for Rich Square, 27869, North Carolina - The Weather Channel | Weather.com The Weather Channel · Jul 11
• Robert Keith "Bob" Lassiter Obituary (2026) - Rich Square, NC - Garrett-Sykes Funeral Service - Rich Square Chapel Legacy | Obituary · Aug 26
• Rich Square woman succumbs to injuries sustained in Monday crash RRSpin · Jul 9
• Deputies seize cocaine, fentanyl in Rich Square drug probe | Local News rrdailyherald.com · Sep 3

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

Read the latest North Carolina headlines on our news site, Bless News Daily.

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 · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🌤️ Current Weather

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Source: National Weather Service

🗺️ Map of Rich Square

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