Riegelwood North Carolina Map

About Riegelwood, North Carolina

Riegelwood is a locality in Columbus County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 649. The population density is 67.6 people per km². Riegelwood is located at 34.3399°N, 78.2253°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 28456.

Riegelwood breathes a humid, earthy scent, a perfume of damp soil and pine needles that clings to the air even on the brightest afternoons. It lies 11.8 miles west-north-west of Leland, NC (from Leland, NC: bearing 299°T), and is situated 9.4 miles south of Long View. The landscape here is a study in muted greens and browns, a low-lying expanse where the land swells gently before dipping towards the slow-moving waters of the Cape Fear River. Cypress knees, like gnarled knuckles, break the surface of the shadowed swamps that edge the cultivated fields, and the sky, often a vast, pale blue, seems to press down with a tangible weight. In the twilight, the air grows thick and still, and the distant hum of unseen insects becomes the dominant sound, a steady pulse against the quietude of Riegelwood. This corner of Columbus County, once a vital artery for the timber trade, still carries the echoes of its past, though the forests have largely yielded to agricultural pursuits. Fields of soybeans and corn stretch towards the horizon, their broad leaves rustling in the infrequent breeze, a testament to the enduring connection between the people and the land. The economy, once fueled by the robust cut of lumber from the surrounding pine forests, now relies on the steady yield of these crops, a predictable rhythm that dictates the pace of life in Riegelwood. Though no grand monuments mark its history, the very air seems to whisper of the generations who worked this soil, their lives interwoven with the ebb and flow of the river and the changing seasons.

About This Riegelwood Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Riegelwood, North Carolina — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 34.339891, -78.225277. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Riegelwood and Columbus County.

Detailed location data for Riegelwood includes the ZIP code (28456), telephone area code (910), county seat of Columbus County (Whiteville), and school district assignment (Columbus County Schools). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Riegelwood is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.