Riley is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in southern Franklin County,

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, United States, near the

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line. It is located west-southwest of Bunn, at an elevation of 387 feet (118 m). The primary cross roads where the community is located are Pilot-Riley Road (SR 1103), Bethlehem Church Road (SR 1103) and Old Halifax Road (SR 1720).North Carolina Department of Transportation: State Mapping Resources -- Franklin County
, Retrieved Jan. 15, 2015.

References

Unincorporated communities in Franklin County, North Carolina Unincorporated communities in North Carolina {{FranklinCountyNC-geo-stub