I actually lived here for a while, and having family working there and living directly across the border in Ararat, Va, have been there countless times over the last 30 years.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a....-visit-to-andy-griff

A visit to Andy Griffith's
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A visit to Andy Griffith's "Mayberry," a town that never was - CBS News

Mount Airy, N.C., the inspiration for Mayberry in the 1960s comedy The Andy Griffith Show, has reinvented itself as a destination for hundreds of thousands of fans of the show who visit each year – nostalgic for a town that never really existed.