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Toano, Virginia is an unincorporated town located in James City County, Virginia, USA.
History Toano was established around a late 19th century in american James City County at the previous places of Burnt Ordinary, which was named in the 18th century for the wayside tap house which got burned down. A Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) was built through the area in 1881 to reach the coal piers on Hampton Roads at the new city of Newport News in adjacent Warwick County. A 100&O built a railroad station at Toano. Toano was placed on the old Richmond-Williamsburg Stage Road, which is U.S. Highway 60 in modern times. Interstate 64 was built through the area in the Seventies, & lives nearby. Exit 227 is labeled "Toano-West Point".
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