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From Mayberry to Mount Airy

Andy Griffith long denied that the fictional town of Mayberry was based on his hometown of Mount Airy, North Carolina. In the episode titled “A Black Day for Mayberry,” Barney picks up a phone book from the Sheriff’s desk and starts flipping through its pages. You can plainly see that the words “Mount Airy” appear on the phone book’s front cover. It appears to be the real book for Mount Airy, North Carolina.