Ryes is an unincorporated community [1] located along old U.S. Route 421 in the Upper Little River Township of Harnett County, North Carolina, United States, situated between the communities of Seminole and Mamers ( Powell 1968, p. 431). It is a part of the Dunn Micropolitan Area, which is also a part of the greater Raleigh–Durham–Cary Combined Statistical Area (CSA) as defined by the United States Census Bureau.
Camels Creek, a tributary of the Cape Fear River, rises just north of Ryes.
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