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Nottoway Court House
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Nottoway Court HouseVA

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Is Nottoway Court House a good place to live?

Nottoway Court House’s median age is 63.6 years, against 38.5 years in Virginia’s towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns. Of the 254 Virginia towns we compare, none has a higher owner-occupancy rate than Nottoway Court House. Nottoway County Courthouse and Oakridge is on the National Register of Historic Places. Nottoway Court House has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.

What makes Nottoway Court House stand out

Where Nottoway Court House beats most towns.

Nottoway County Courthouse
Nottoway County Courthouse · National Register of Historic Places
Nottoway Court House’s story

199 years in pictures

The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 2010 and 4 maps from 1958 on.

1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.

  • 1827Nottoway Court House is settled
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Small town

69 people, and everyone knows the way

In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.

Nearby towns

The data

Ordered by what stands out in Nottoway Court House.

Natural hazards

Natural hazards: low risk in Nottoway Court House, mostly drought

24risk score of 100

64% of Nottoway Court House’s expected losses from natural hazards come from drought, followed by hurricanes at 12%. FEMA expects less storm and flood damage in the town than in just over three quarters of U.S. communities.

FEMA risk score
24Low riskLowerHigher
DroughtHurricanesInland flooding

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Schools

The schools Nottoway Court House’s kids attend

The largest public high school is Nottoway High, with 510 students. The Nottoway County Public Schools runs its public schools. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed.

SchoolLevelStudentsLetter
Nottoway IntermediateLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–6Grades 5–6272C−
Nottoway HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12Grades 9–12510C

NCES · EDFacts

Climate

Mild winters and hot summers: that is Nottoway Court House’s year

3″snow a winter

Expect July afternoons of 88° and January nights of 28°, with about 3 inches of snow a winter.

Typical low → high °F

Winter29–50°
Spring45–69°
Summer65–86°
Fall47–70°
Oct 30
typical first frost
Apr 11
typical last frost
+1.2°
vs. the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Health

How healthy Nottoway Court House is

Among adults in Nottoway Court House, 82% had a checkup this year. Of 32 CDC measures, Nottoway Court House beats the Virginia average on 1 and trails it on 14. Just over two in five adults in the town have high blood pressure; 16% have diabetes.

Nottoway Court HouseTypical Virginia townTypical U.S. town
Obesity (CDC PLACES)44%34%35%
High blood pressure (CDC PLACES)42%33%35%
Diabetes (CDC PLACES)16%11%12%
Binge drink (CDC PLACES)13%14%16%
32 measures vs. Virginia
1 better17 too close to call14 worse
What stands outNottoway Court HouseVA
More adults screened for colon cancer77.5%67.4%
More adults facing a utility shut-off10.8%7.1%
Southside Community Hospital
23.4 mi away · emergency room
3 of 3
care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA

0
homes sold in April

Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center

Outdoors

0% of Nottoway Court House is conserved land

0%conserved

The concentration of trails for Nottoway Court House is 1.3 miles per square mile. 1.6 miles of trail.

0%
conserved · 0 of 798 acres
1.6 mi
of trails · 1.3 per sq mi

Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Nottoway Court House

17pages on Nottoway Court House
Getting set up

Moving to Nottoway Court House: who provides what

Nottoway Court House is unincorporated, so Nottoway County and regional agencies provide most services.

PowerDominion Energy15.2¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
InternetProviders and speedsData pending · D4
Trash & county servicesNottoway CountyNottoway County provides services here
SchoolsNottoway County Public SchoolsWhich school depends on your addressNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn Virginia you can register online until 11 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 11 days before).vote.gov
Who runs elections hereNottoway General RegistrarNottoway County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Jun 2023
ZIP codes23930, 2395523930 98% · 23955 2%Census 2020

EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.

After high school

Colleges nearby

None within 15 miles of Nottoway Court House; the nearest are

About Nottoway Court House

Census-designated place in Virginia, US

Nottoway, or Nottoway Court House, is a census-designated place (CDP) in and the county seat of Nottoway County, Virginia, United States. The population at the time of the 2010 Census was 84. This had decreased to 63 by the 2020 Census. Nottoway was originally known as Lewistown. Nottoway was a stop on the Southside Railroad in the mid-nineteenth Century. This became the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad in 1870 and then a line in the Norfolk and Western Railway and now the Norfolk Southern Railway. Since desegregation, the village's public high school now serves the entire county's population. The Nottoway County Courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 19…

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Area
1.3 sq mi
Elevation
420 ft
ZIP code
23955

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