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Before there was a state of North Carolina, indeed before there was a United States of America, as early as the 1750s settlers began to gather in the area now known as Mount Airy. A stopover point on a much-traveled road that ran from Salem, NC, into Virginia, the community grew into a small town by the 1830s. A Frontier Town.
Mount Airy, North Carolina. Mount Airy, nicknamed "The Granite City," is home to the largest open face granite quarry in the world operated by the North Carolina Granite Corp. There are larger pit quarries throughout the world but no larger open face quarries. A pit quarry is below the surface, while an open face quarry is at ground level.
Mount Airy is in North Carolina, famous as the home of actor Andy Griffith and the inspiration for the town of Mayberry on The Andy Griffith Show . Get in. By car. By plane. By bus. PART (Piedmont Authority for Regional Transit) buses are available from Pilot Mountain, King, and Winston-Salem, with connections to other cities. Get around.
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 was 10,676, an increase of 288 from the 2010 census count of 10,388. As of 2020, the city was one of the most populous municipalities in Surry County.
