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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2021-11-01</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001069533</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>RGC RESOURCES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>RGCO</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001201852</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>BOXLEY ABNEY S III</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>P. O. BOX 13007</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>ROANOKE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>VA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>24030</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2021-11-01</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>262.055</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>22.26</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>46538.042</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Shares issued to reporting person pursuant to an election under the Restricted Stock Plan for Outside Directors of RGC Resources, Inc.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes 45,788.042 shares owned directly by reporting person and includes 251.211 restricted shares purchased through dividends reinvested in the Restricted Stock Plan for Outside Directors of RGC Resources, Inc. Also includes 750 shares owned indirectly through UTMA for the reporting person's children.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Abney S. Boxley, III by David M. Garcia, POA dates 07/26/2021</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-11-02</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
