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

[4] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.7 square miles (4.4 km2), all land.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 2,302 people, 769 households, and 556 families residing in the town.

It combined a total of eighteen one and two room school houses within the eastern part of Rowan County.

[7] The East Branch of the Rowan Public Library (whose main facility is in Salisbury) is located in Rockwell.