| Rich Square Township | SE Northampton County. |
| Rich Top | mountain in E Haywood County between Harbon Cove and Silvers Cove Creek. |
| Richards | See Crown Stream. |
| Richards Mill | on the Collet map, 1770, was located on a tributary of the Pasquotank River in what is now N Pasquotank County. The stream was located approx. 12 to 15 mi. NW of the present Knobbs Creek but has long since left its streambed to become a part of the surrounding marsh. |
| Richardson | community in SW Bladen County. |
| Richardson Creek | rises in S Rutherford County and flows S into Broad River. P. H. Richardson operated a gold mine on the creek in the 1830s. |
| Richardson Creek | rises in S Union County, flows NE into NW Anson County, and enters Rocky River on the Stanly County line. |
| Richardson Creek | community in N Union County on the E side of Richardson Creek. |
| Richey Gap | S Macon County between Buck Knob and Richey Knob. |
| Richey Knob | S Macon County between Sheep Hollow and Middle Creek. |