| Richardson Creek | |
| Name Other: | Tributary to Rocky River |
| Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map: | USA North Carolina |
| Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Richardson Creek mouth |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | North Carolina |
| Subdivision Type3: | Counties |
| Subdivision Name3: | Anson Union |
| Subdivision Type4: | City |
| Subdivision Name4: | Monroe |
| Length: | 44.01miles[1] |
| Discharge1 Location: | Rocky River |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 249.47cuft/s at mouth with Rocky River[2] |
| Source1: | divide between Richardson Creek and Lynches River |
| Source1 Location: | Pond, about 1 mile southeast of Roughedge, North Carolina |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 34.8767°N -80.5961°W[3] |
| Source1 Elevation: | 660feet[4] |
| Mouth: | Rocky River |
| Mouth Location: | about 3 miles southwest of Cottonville, North Carolina |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 35.1567°N -80.2256°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 230feet |
| Progression: | Rocky River → Pee Dee River → Winyah Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
| River System: | Pee Dee River |
| Tributaries Left: | Beaverdam Creek Bearskin Creek Stewarts Creek Mill Creek Watson Creek Gold Branch Stegall Branch |
| Tributaries Right: | Adams Branch Little Richardson Creek Joes Branch Rays Fork Meadow Branch Bull Branch Salem Creek Gourdvine Creek Water Branch Pine Log Creek |
| Waterbodies: | Lake Lee |
| Bridges: | Lathan Road, Griffith Road, Plyler Mill Road, Griffith Road, Sara Lane, Wolf Pond Road, Medlin Road, US 601, US 74, Walkup Avenue, US 74, Olive Branch Road, Austin Chaney Road, E Lawyers Road, Tarlton Mill Road, NC 205, NC 218, Pleasant Hill Church Road, Blonnie Ross Road, NC 742, George Wright Road, Rocky Mount Church Road, |
Richardson Creek is a tributary of the Rocky River in south-central North Carolina that rises in Union County near Monroe and then flows northeast through Anson County to the Rocky River.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[3]