Nottoway

Formed January 1, 1788 (66^th county)

Nottoway County (15,642), Nottoway* (63), Blackstone (3,354)

The Greek Revival style red brick courthouse was built in 1843.  The structure is on Courthouse Road at McCune Road.  United States Highway 460 is one block to the south.  Branch H. Ellington designed the structure.  It features columns with veteran memorials on the grounds.  It is located in a complex of government buildings.  Separate Administration and District Court buildings support the courthouse.  Many of the Virginia counties have their county seat at a location named after the county followed by the words Court House.  Some counties maintain this in their official name.  Nottoway County was formed on January 1, 1788 from Amelia County as the 66^th county with Nottoway as the only county seat.  The county and county seat are named for the Native American tribe. 

Nottoway County government consists of a sheriff and 5 Supervisors.  Three Circuit Court Judges and Five District Court Judges serve Nottoway, Amelia, Dinwiddie, and Powhatan counties and Petersburg City and Forty-nine Magistrate Court Judges serve Nottoway, Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham, Charlotte, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Halifax, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Powhatan, Prince Edward, Prince George, Surry, and Sussex counties and Colonial Heights, Emporia, Hopewell, and Petersburg cities.  Nottoway County is in the southern part of the state.  Richmond, Virginia is northeast and Richmond, Virginia is west of the county.  The county center is 2.2 miles East of Nottoway.  The county is surrounded clockwise by Amelia, Dinwiddie, Brunswick, Lunenburg, and Prince Edward counties. 

The area of the county is 315 square miles.  It is 66 out of 133 in the state.  It ranks 94 out of 133 in population in the state.  It has a density of 49.7 persons per square mile making it 100 out of 133 in the state.  Nottoway County has 38.6% of its population in its incorporated areas.  United States Highway 360 enters the county from the north, Amelia County, and exits to the southwest, Prince Edward County.  United States Highway 460 crosses east to west from Dinwiddie County to Prince Edward County.  The county looks like a fat pistol pointing southeast.  The City of Nottoway is located in the western third of the county.  Blackstone is in the southeast quarter of the county.  Nottoway is the county seat and Blackstone is the largest city.  Nottoway is 0.4% of the county population although it is unincorporated.  Blackstone is 21.4% of the county population.

Nottoway (unincorporated)