September 15, 2026 New
Festival Committee Seeks Volunteers
The Nottatown Festival Committee needs help stacking the Hay Bale Temple, parking cars, and serving at the Harvest Supper on October 17. Please sign up at the next council meeting.
Town News
Events calendar ›September 13, 2026 New
Sweet Potato Social a Success
Thanks to everyone who came out to the Sweet Potato Social on September 12. The pies were gone before dark.
September 1, 2026
October Council Meeting
The Town Council meets Tuesday, October 6 at 7:00 PM in the Grange Hall. Festival preparations are on the agenda.
August 20, 2026
Mouser Laureate Nominations Open
Farm families may nominate a barn cat for this year’s Mouser Laureate. Judging takes place at the festival.
A message from the mayor
Friends and neighbors,
Welcome to Nottatown. We may be one of the smallest towns in North Carolina, but we have kept our town going since 1887 and our festival going since 1855, and we are proud of both.
Nottatown is a farming town first. Our fields and our families are the heart of this place. Each October, though, we open the granary green to everyone and remember the barn cats that saved our seed corn in the Rat Winter. If you have never been to the Cat Worship Festival, I hope this is the year you come. Bring your appetite for the Harvest Supper, and if you have a good barn cat, bring it for the Parade.
Our Town Council meets the first Tuesday of every month at 7:00 PM in the Grange Hall. Residents are always welcome.
Lou Pholes
Mayor, Town of Nottatown (since 2015)
Nottatown at a Glance
- County
- Caswell County, North Carolina
- Population
- 42 (2020 census)
- Founded
- 1789, as Nott’s Crossroads
- Incorporated
- 1887
- Mayor
- Lou Pholes
- Area
- About 0.6 square miles
- Economy
- Farming: tobacco, corn, soybeans, hay, sweet potatoes, beef cattle
- Known for
- The Nottatown Cat Worship Festival
- Motto
- Semper Vigilans (“Always Watchful”)