Estatoe, North Carolina
Unincorporated community
Estatoe sign, facing northbound US 19E.
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Coordinates: 35°54′12″N 82°07′10″W / 35.90333°N 82.11944°W / 35.90333; -82.11944
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	Mitchell
Named for	The daughter of an Indian chief[1]
Elevation	2,634 ft (803 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	28777[2]
Area code	828
GNIS feature ID	1020171[3]

Estatoe is an unincorporated community in Mitchell County, North Carolina, United States. It is located where Brushy Creek crosses U.S. Route 19E (US 19E), west of Spruce Pine.

History

The name Estatoe, pronounced 'S - ta - toe', comes from a story about an Indian chief's daughter named Estatoe who fell in love with a warrior of a rival tribe. Because their love could never be accepted by either's families, they jumped from a precipice into the depths of a nearby river. Estatoe's father declared the river would forever bear her name, as does the community, although the river's has since been shorten to "Toe."^[4][5]

The Estatoe Post Office operated from 1888 to 1951, when it was replaced with rural letter carrier service from Spruce Pine.^[6][7]

The Eastatoe River (Estatoee) in South Carolina bears the same name.