Mount Airy, North Carolina

Mount Airy is a city in Surry County, North Carolina, United States.  As of the 2020 census, the city population was 10,676. Actor Andy Griffith was born here in 1926.

Mount Airy was settled in the 1750s as a stagecoach stop on the road between Winston-Salem, North Carolina and Galax, Virginia. It was named for a nearby plantation. Mount Airy was incorporated in 1885.

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Other websites
 City of Mount Airy

Category:Cities in North Carolina