China Grove is a town in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States.

It was one of the first towns in the United States to have Rural Free Mail Delivery.

The town was named for a grove of chinaberry trees planted near the depot.

[4] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.0 square miles (5.2 km2), all of it land.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 4,434 people, 1,696 households, and 927 families residing in the town.