Toast is a census-designated place (CDP) in Surry County, North Carolina, United States, just west of Mount Airy.

[5] E. P. McLeod, the school principal, supposedly came up with the name while buying groceries at Hutchens Store one evening in 1927.

[6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.8 square miles (4.7 km2), all land.

Among the most notable residents of Toast was Tommy Jarrell (1901–1985), the renowned old-time fiddler, banjo player, and singer.

Jarrell typified the traditional Appalachian music style of the Mount Airy/Galax region and received the NEA National Heritage Fellowship in 1982.