Notasulga is a town in Macon and

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. As of the 2020 census, the population of the town was 914. The portion in Lee County is part of the Auburn Metropolitan Area. According to the 1910 U.S. Census, it incorporated in 1893. Author

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was born in Notasulga in 1891. The town name comes from the

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words ''noti sulgi'', which means "many teeth".

Geography

Notasulga is located in northern Macon County at (32.560821, -85.667631). The town extends northeast into the western part of Lee County. According to the

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, the town has a total area of , of which are land and , or 1.09%, are water. The center of town is on a height of land, draining north to Sougahatchee Creek, a west-flowing tributary of the

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, and south to Red Creek, a tributary of Uphapee Creek, which also flows west to the Tallapoosa.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 916 people, 393 households, and 260 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 446 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 66.27%

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, 32.42%

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, 0.22% Native American, 0.55% from other races, and 0.55% from two or more races. 0.76% of the population were

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or Latino of any race. There were 393 households, out of which 26.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.6% were

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living together, 14.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.6% were non-families. 29.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.87. In the town, the population was spread out, with 23.4% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 24.8% from 25 to 44, 28.2% from 45 to 64, and 15.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.9 males. The median income for a household in the town was $31,307, and the median income for a family was $34,479. Males had a median income of $27,500 versus $18,684 for females. The

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for the town was $17,115. About 10.7% of families and 17.8% of the population were below the

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, including 20.8% of those under age 18 and 11.2% of those age 65 or over.

Government

Notasulga elects a mayor and five city council members every four years. 2017 Mayor and Council: *Mayor - Tommy Miller *Council District 1 - Cecil R. Langford, Jr. *Council District 2 - Denise Pilato *Council District 3 - Cline Carmack *Council District 4 - Scott Barnhart *Council District 5 - Robin Collins

Notable people

* Valerie Boyd, journalist, author and cultural critic *

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, former American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator * John K. Hodnette,

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at the

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who was awarded the

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in 1957 *

, anthropologist, novelist * J. Ed Livingston, jurist and the twenty-third Chief Justice of the

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from 1951 through 1971 * Gerald Robinson, former National Football League defensive end who is the all-time sack leader at Auburn University.

Gallery

File:2021-03-12_Notasulga,_AL_-_Town_Hall.jpg, Notasulga Town Hall File:Notasulga,AL City Council.jpg, Notasulga City Council File:2021-03-12_Notasulga,_AL_-_Post_Office.jpg, Notasulga Post Office ( ZIP code: 36866) File:2012-06-27_Notasulga,_AL_-_Notasulga_High_School.jpg, Notasulga High School. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 16, 2020 as Macon County High School. File:2021-03-12 Notasulga, AL - Volunteer Fire Department.jpg, Notasulga Volunteer Fire Department File:Notasulga4.JPG, The Notasulga Water Works File:Notasulga5.JPG, Notasulga United Methodist Church File:Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church Notasulga Alabama.JPG, The Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church is located in Notasulga and was added to the

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on August 6, 2010. File:Rosenwald School Notasulga Alabama.JPG, The Shiloh Rosenwald School is located in Notasulga and was added to the

on August 6, 2010.

References

{{authority control Towns in Lee County, Alabama Towns in Macon County, Alabama Towns in Alabama Columbus metropolitan area, Georgia Auburn metropolitan area, Alabama Alabama placenames of Native American origin