Toast, North Carolina
Toast, North Carolina | |
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Census-designated place (CDP) | |
Downtown Toast, North Carolina | |
Location of Toast, North Carolina | |
| Coordinates: 36°29′48″N 80°38′05″W / 36.49667°N 80.63472°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Surry |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Carl Ray Shelton |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.52 sq mi (3.94 km2) |
| • Land | 1.51 sq mi (3.91 km2) |
| • Water | 0.012 sq mi (0.03 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,112 ft (339 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,423 |
| • Density | 943.2/sq mi (364.17/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 27049 |
| Area code | 336 |
| FIPS code | 37-67700 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2402936 |
Toast is a census-designated place (CDP) in Surry County, North Carolina, United States, just west of Mount Airy. As of the 2020 census, Toast had a population of 1,423.
A post office called Toast has been in operation since 1929. The name "Toast" was supplied by the Post Office Department. E. P. McLeod, the school principal, supposedly came up with the name while buying groceries at Hutchens Store one evening in 1927.