| Reeves | community in S Columbus County. |
| Refuge | community in W Robeson County served by post office, 1893-1903. |
| Regal Station | a stop on the Southern Railway in central Cherokee County. |
| Regans Crossroads | community in W Brunswick County. |
| Registers Creek | rises in S Guilford County and flows SE into Hickory Creek. |
| Rehoboth | community in S Northampton County on Quarter Swamp. Grew up around Rehoboth Methodist Church, est. 1798. |
| Reid | community in SW Transylvania County near the head of South Fork Flat Creek. Alt. 2,725. |
| Reid's Springs | See Catawba Springs. |
| Reids Mountain | SE Rowan County near Yadkin River at the mouth of Flat Creek. |
| Reidsville | city in S Rockingham County. In 1814 Reuben Reid purchased a farm and his son, future governor David Settle Reid, was appointed first postmaster in 1829. In 1864 Piedmont Railroad was completed between Greensboro and Danville, boosting Reidsville. Following the war, the town became a center of tobacco manufacturing. In time, textiles became a major factor. Post office est. in 1829. Inc. 1873. Alt. 841. Appears on the Colton map, 1861. |