RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Indiana >> Starke County >> TotoIndex...

Welcome to Toto ...

Toto is located in Starke County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Toto, you might consider that their post office opened in 1855.

Toto is 700 feet [213 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Toto lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel south from Toto (for example, toward Burnettsville), you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Communities Also Named Toto ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Toto - it's located in Texas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Toto.

Communities near Toto ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Toto.

  • Knox
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Knox is located in Starke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,552 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Knox <3>
  • Winamac
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Walkerton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Kouts
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • North Judson
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Culver
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Culver is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,484 people
  • Kingsford Heights
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Kingsford Heights is located in LaPorte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsford Heights
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,379 people
  • Wanatah
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Wheatfield
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Hamlet
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Toto. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Toto.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Toto. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Toto.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Toto. See our Newspapers Page for Toto.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Toto ...

Looking for more information about Toto? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Toto, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Toto.

Adding Toto to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Toto in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Toto was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Toto post office opened in 1855. The Toto post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Toto.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Starke, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Toto - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/