Mount Airy, North Carolina
City
Downtown Mount Airy (2011)
Nicknames:  Mayberry, The Granite City
Mount Airy Location within the state of North Carolina
Coordinates: 36°30′30″N 80°36′55″W / 36.50833°N 80.61528°W / 36.50833; -80.61528
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	Surry
Settled	1750s
Incorporated	1885
Area [1]
• Total	11.86 sq mi (30.73 km2)
• Land	11.72 sq mi (30.35 km2)
• Water	0.15 sq mi (0.38 km2)
Elevation [2]	1,063 ft (324 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• Total	10,676
• Density	911.15/sq mi (351.81/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes	27030–27031
Area code	336
FIPS code	37-44800[4]
GNIS feature ID	2404317[2]
Website	www.mountairy.org

Mount Airy is a city in Surry County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 10,676.^[3] 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.^[5]

• City of Mount Airy

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