Mount Airy, North Carolina Mount Airy, North Carolina Downtown Mount Airy Downtown Mount Airy Mount Airy, North Carolina is positioned in North Carolina Mount Airy, North Carolina - Mount Airy, North Carolina Location inside the state of North Carolina State North Carolina Mount Airy is a town/city in Surry County, North Carolina, United States.

As of the 2010 census, the town/city population was 10,388. The town is perhaps best known internationally as the home of actor Andy Griffith and the inspiration for the fictional town of Mayberry on his eponymous show.

7.1 Mount Airy City Schools Mount Airy was settled in the 1750s as a stagecoach stop on the road between Winston-Salem, North Carolina and Galax, Virginia.

Mount Airy was incorporated in 1885. Carter House, William Carter House, Edgar Harvey Hennis House, William Alfred Moore House, Mount Airy Historic District, North Carolina Granite Corporation Quarry Complex, Renfro Mill, and Trinity Episcopal Church are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Mount Airy is positioned at 36 30 N 80 37 W (36.5006, 80.6093), along the Ararat River, about 5 km (3 mi) south of the Virginia state line.

The United States Enumeration Bureau says the town/city has a total region of 8.4 square miles (22 km2), all of it land.

Climate data for Mount Airy, North Carolina (1981 2010 normals) (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 Average snowy days ( 0.1 in) 1.4 1.5 .3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .9 4.1 There were 4,129 housing units at an average density of 491.9 per square mile (190.0/km ).

The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 85.34% White descent, 7.99% African American, 0.35% Native American, 2.55% Asian American, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 2.49% from other competitions, and 1.24% from two or more competitions.

World's biggest open faced granite quarry, near Mount Airy.

In the city, the populace was spread out with 21.6% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 25.1% from 25 to 44, 21.3% from 45 to 64, and 25.6% who were 65 years of age or older.

Actor Andy Griffith was born in Mount Airy, and the town is believed to have been the basis for Mayberry, the setting of the TV shows The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry RFD. The improve holds an annual "Mayberry Days" celebration amid the last weekend of September; 30,000 attended in 2009, and 50,000 were expected for the show's 50th anniversary in 2010.

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro estimates the town receives $5 million each year as a result.

The Andy Griffith Museum, established in 2009 by Emmett Forrest, attracts 200 visitors a day. The 2,500-square-feet exhibition, positioned half a mile from Griffith's childhood home, homes the world's biggest compilation of Andy Griffith memorabilia. The home of old-time music legend Tommy Jarrell and nation singer Donna Fargo, Mount Airy has a long history with county-wide music.

Mount Airy's WPAQ 740 AM radio is one of the several Bluegrass and Old-Time music stations still operating and has been airing the live radio show Merry-Go-Round from the Downtown Cinema Theatre since 1948.

Weekly bluegrass jam sessions at The Andy Griffith Playhouse and the annual Mount Airy Fiddlers Convention also serve to attract old-time musicians from athwart the region and the world.

The Blue Ridge Music Center with its amphitheater and music exhibition of old-time music is just a several miles away on the Blue Ridge Parkway at Milepost 213, near Galax, Virginia.

This region is home to the Round Peak style of old-time music, which started in the Round Peak community, just north of Mount Airy. Mount Airy was the residence of Chang and Eng Bunker (1811 1874), conjoined twins joined by a band of cartilage at the chest (xiphopagus). They are buried at White Plains Baptist Church about 10 miles from Mt Airy Main street.

Mount Airy has a city-funded school precinct consisting of four schools.

Mount Airy City Schools Mount Airy High School Mount Airy Middle School There are also other schools in Mount Airy that are controlled by Surry County.

North Surry High School Therese Browne Abraham (1936-), mayor of Canadian, Texas, from 1982 to 1992, is a Mount Airy native who resides in both Canadian and Sarasota, Florida. Epperson, (1921-2006) Founder of WPAQ 740 AM Radio Station, past Co-Owner WBRF 98.1 FM Radio Station, Inductee into the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame, Recipient of the NC Governors Award, the National Council of Traditional Arts "A Rose While You Live Award, and more. a b "2010 City Population and Housing Occupancy Status".

Boone, North Carolina: Parkway Publishers, Inc.

"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".

"Enumeration of Population and Housing".

"The Andy Griffith Show assembled North Carolina on the backlot".

The Mount Airy News.

"Well, I'll be: Andy Griffith Museum opens".

"Luke Lambert makes dream come true with NASCAR", Mount Airy News, 22 October 2012, Accessed: 25 January 2016.

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