Leggett is a town in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, United States.

It is part of the Rocky Mount, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Cedar Lane, Mount Prospect, and William and Susan Savage House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

[5][6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.7 square miles (1.8 km2), all land.

There were 6.7% of families and 18.6% of the population living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and 12.5% of those over 64.