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    Mount Airy /ˈmaʊntəri/ is a city within Surry County, in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population...
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    state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 71,359. Its county seat is Dobson, and its largest community is Mount Airy. Surry county...
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  • New Jersey Mount Airy, New York, a neighborhood Mount Airy (Ulster County, New York), a mountain Mount Airy, North Carolina Mount Airy, Cincinnati,...
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    Mount Airy Historic District is a national historic district located at Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 187 contributing...
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  • Mayberry is said to be based on Andy Griffith's hometown of Mount Airy, North Carolina. Mount Airy is also known as Mayberry and called by both names by its...
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  • American newspaper published Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays in Mount Airy, North Carolina. It was delivered free to homes in the Surry County area. The...
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    Andy Griffith (category People from Mount Airy, North Carolina)
    drama Matlock (1986–1995). Griffith was born on June 1, 1926, in Mount Airy, North Carolina, the only child of Carl Lee Griffith and his wife, Geneva (née...
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    Assembly incorporated Mount Airy as a town in 1874. The town's name may be descriptive or a transfer from Mount Airy, North Carolina. Lawton Place, a historic...
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    Airy, North Carolina. In North Carolina, it is one of the main north-south corridors connecting the cities of Salisbury, Mocksville, and Mount Airy....
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    to the Virginia state line, near Mount Airy. It serves as a strategic highway through the central North Carolina Piedmont. Because of its alignment...
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    John Hamlin Folger (category People from Surry County, North Carolina)
    Dobson, North Carolina. He was elected mayor of the town of Mount Airy, North Carolina from 1909, serving until 1911. He was sent to the North Carolina House...
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  • The Mount Airy News is a three-day-a-week newspaper published in Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States. It was established in 1880. The News is one...
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    established in 1953, replacing the old mainline US 52 through downtown Mount Airy, via Main Street. It was renumbered in 1960 as US 52 Business. U.S. Route...
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    Andy Griffith Museum (category Biographical museums in North Carolina)
    Andy Griffith memorabilia, is located in Griffith's hometown of Mount Airy, North Carolina. Much of the museum's collection was acquired by Griffith's friend...
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    Chang and Eng Bunker (category People from Mount Airy, North Carolina)
    of financial success, the twins quit touring and settled near Mount Airy, North Carolina. They became American citizens, bought slaves, married local sisters...
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  • Mount Airy High School is located on N South Street in Mount Airy, North Carolina. The front office is at the corner of N South Street and Orchard Street...
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  • (6 km) southeast of the central business district of Mount Airy, a city in Surry County, North Carolina, United States. The airport is owned by the city and...
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    North Carolina Granite Corporation Quarry Complex is a historic granite quarry and national historic district located at Mount Airy, Surry County, North...
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    Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church located in Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina. It was built in 1896, and is a one-story, Gothic Revival-style...
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    Alonzo Dillard Folger (category People from Dobson, North Carolina)
    in 1914, relocating to Mount Airy to practice law there. From 1932 to 1938, he was a trustee of the University of North Carolina, and was named to the...
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  • Maryland Mount Airy Historic District (Mount Airy, North Carolina), listed on the NRHP in North Carolina Mount Airy Historic District (Lambertville, New...
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    The town was named after Mount Airy, North Carolina, the native home of its founder. A post office has been in operation at Mount Ayr since 1886. According...
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    Betty Lynn (category People from Mount Airy, North Carolina)
    Barney Fife. In 2006, Lynn retired from acting and relocated to Mount Airy, North Carolina, the home town of Andy Griffith and the town on which Mayberry...
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  • Ethan Evans (category People from Mount Airy, North Carolina)
    Rams. Evans was born on July 19, 2001, in Mount Airy, North Carolina, and grew up there. He attended North Surry High School and played football and track...
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    Donna Fargo (category People from Mount Airy, North Carolina)
    Mount Airy, North Carolina. She sang from her early years, but never thought about singing professionally. Fargo attended High Point College in North...
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  • trilobites' soft appendages. Mount Airy, North Carolina, known as "The Granite City", and site of NRHP-listed North Carolina Granite Corporation Quarry...
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    North Carolina Highway 89 (NC 89) is a 61.3-mile-long (98.7 km) primary state highway in the U.S. state North Carolina including Mount Airy and Danbury...
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  • Bill Hayes (television producer) (category People from Mount Airy, North Carolina)
    2017[permanent dead link‍] The Mount Airy News - "'Real Mayberry' Opens to Rave Reviews", December 5, 2016 The Mount Airy News - "'Mayberry' Hits the Silver...
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    a commercial radio station licensed to Mount Airy, North Carolina, serving the Piedmont area of North Carolina, Southwest Virginia and Southside Virginia...
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  • Anna Wood (actress) (category People from Mount Airy, North Carolina)
    June 30, 2012, in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia. They met in North Carolina during high school and had been dating since 2006. They have a daughter...
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