How We Know Mayberry Was Created With Mount Airy In Mind

Many of Mayberry’s fictional people and places have real-life counterparts in Mount Airy, N.C. All of the following were mentioned on "The Andy Griffith Show" and actually exist in or around Mount Airy:

Fancy Gap-Bannertown-Rockford Street-Haymore Street-Oak Street-Elm Street-Orchard Street-Maple Street-Willow Street -
River Road-Blue-Vue Motel-Moravian Church (actually Grace Moravian Church)-Grand Theatre-Doyle Perkings, clothier Frank Smith-Rachel Smith-Evan Moore-Blue Bird Café-Snappy Lunch-Wiener Burger-Earlie Gilley’s Service Station-Mount Pilot (true name Pilot Mountain)-Nelson Funeral Home (true name Moody’s Funeral, but Roy Nelson worked there)

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