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 | 0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,112 ft (339 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,423 |
| • Density | 943.01/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. The population was 1,922 at the 2000 census.
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.