RGC Resources, Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend

ROANOKE, Va., June 30, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Board of Directors of RGC
Resources, Inc. (Nasdaq:RGCO), at its meeting on June 29, 2009, declared a
quarterly dividend of $0.32 per share on the Company's common stock. The
dividend will be paid on August 1, 2009 to shareholders of record on July 17,
2009. This is the Company's 261st consecutive quarterly cash dividend.

RGC Resources, Inc. provides energy and related products and services to
customers in Virginia through its operating subsidiaries including Roanoke Gas
Company, Diversified Energy Company and RGC Ventures of Virginia, Inc.

From time to time, the Company may publish forward-looking statements relating
to such matters as anticipated financial performance, business prospects,
technological developments, new products, research and development activities
and similar matters. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
provides a safe harbor for forward-looking statements. In order to comply with
the terms of the safe harbor, the Company notes that a variety of factors could
cause the Company's actual results and experience to differ materially from the
anticipated results or other expectations expressed in the Company's
forward-looking statements.

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CONTACT: RGC Resources, Inc.
John B. Williamson, III, President, Chairman and CEO
540-777-3810