Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Toast (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Toast. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Toast is located in Surry County.
To see how the shape of North Carolina's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Surry County: Alleghany, Forsyth, Stokes, Wilkes, Yadkin, Carroll (VA), Grayson (VA) & Patrick (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Toast. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Toast:
- Surry County (The home county of Toast)
- The following are listed by their distance from Toast, with the one closest to Toast listed first.
- Mount Airy
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Flat Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Flat Rock is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Sheltontown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sheltontown is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheltontown
- White Plains
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- White Plains is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Red Brush
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Red Brush is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Brush
- Holly Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Springs is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Black Water
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Black Water is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Water
- Ararat
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Shoals ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Round Peak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Round Peak is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Peak
- Albion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Albion is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Dobson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Alleghany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Toast, with the one closest to Toast listed first.
- Edmonds
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Edmonds is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
- Ennice
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Roaring Gap
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hooker
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hooker is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Glade Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Sparta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Toast, with the one closest to Toast listed first.
- Heritage Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Village is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Donnaha
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Donnaha is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnaha
- King
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Meadows
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Meadows is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Meadows
- Tobaccoville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Dozier
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dozier is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozier
- Oak Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Park is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
- Rural Hall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Seward
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Seward is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seward
- Bannertown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bannertown is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannertown
- Creek View
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Creek View is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek View
- Hunter Meadows
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hunter Meadows is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Meadows
- Stokes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Toast, with the one closest to Toast listed first.
- Flat Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Rock is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Pinnacle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Aarons Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Aarons Corner is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons Corner
- Vade Mecum
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Vade Mecum is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vade Mecum
- Capella
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Capella is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capella
- Mount Olive
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Campbell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Campbell is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
- Lawsonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lawsonville is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
- Quaker Gap
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Quaker Gap is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Gap
- Danbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Snow Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Snow Hill is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Neatman
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Neatman is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatman
- Wilkes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Toast, with the one closest to Toast listed first.
- Pleasant Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Traphill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lomax
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lomax is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomax
- Ronda
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clingman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clingman is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clingman
- Zebra ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Zebra is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebra
- Moxley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Moxley is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxley
- Abshers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Abshers is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abshers
- Brier Creek ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brier Creek is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brier Creek
- Roaring River
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Roaring River is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring River
- Yadkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Toast, with the one closest to Toast listed first.
- Richmond Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Richmond Hill is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
- Boonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Nebo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Nebo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- East Bend
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Union Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Union Grove is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Forbush
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Forbush is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbush
- Jonesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Arlington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Arlington is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Rena
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rena is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rena
- Yadkinville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Swan Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Swan Creek is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Creek
- Carroll County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Toast, with the one closest to Toast listed first.
- Cana
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lambsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Drenn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Drenn is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drenn
- Fancy Gap
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Gladesboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Gladesboro is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladesboro
- Nester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Nester is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nester
- Pipers Gap
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pipers Gap is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Gap
- Pike City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pike City is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike City
- Woodlawn
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Dugspur
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Star
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Star is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Floyd County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Toast, with the one closest to Toast listed first.
- Indian Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Duncan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Duncan is located in Floyd County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Galax City (VA)
- Galax
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Grayson County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Toast, with the one closest to Toast listed first.
- Low Gap
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Low Gap is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Baywood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Baywood is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywood
- Fries
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Independence
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Patrick County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Toast, with the one closest to Toast listed first.
- Ararat
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Carters Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carters Mill is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Mill
- Peters Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Peters Creek is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Creek
- Meadows of Dan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stuart
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Patrick Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Nettleridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Nettleridge is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleridge
- Woolwine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Critz
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Elamsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elamsville is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elamsville
- Wythe County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Toast, with the one closest to Toast listed first.
- Austinville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ivanhoe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Toast, see our County-by-County Page for Toast.
Cemeteries Near Toast ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Toast.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Toast - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Toast covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Toast, with the one closest to Toast listed first.
- Sandy Level Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Old Methodist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Oakdale Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale Cemetery
- The Oakdale Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oakdale City Cemetery
- Oakdale Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1984350 <2>
- Gods Acre Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Grace Moravian God's Acre
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Skyline Memorial Garden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ararat Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hull Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- White Plains Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- White Plains Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Midkiff Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (663 more) ...
- Paynetown Community Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Holly Springs Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>
While we didn't find Toast in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Toast.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Toast, with the one closest to Toast listed first.
- Mount Airy
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- White Plains
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- White Plains is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Pine Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pine Ridge is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Cana
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ash Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ash Hill is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Hill
- Ararat
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Shoals ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Round Peak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Round Peak is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Peak
- Dobson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lambsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Westfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Copeland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Copeland is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Pilot Mountain
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carters Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carters Mill is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Mill
- Drenn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Drenn is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drenn
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Toast. See our List of 1890's Communities around Toast.
Newspapers Published in Toast ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Toast.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Toast, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Toast.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Toast:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Surry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alleghany County
- Forsyth County
- Stokes County
- Wilkes County
- Yadkin County
- Carroll County
- Floyd County
- Galax City
- Grayson County
- Patrick County
- Wythe County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Toast) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Toast, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |