"You won't find Mayberry on any map of North or South Carolina cause Mayberry was a mythical town, kind of a state of mind. Over the years a lot of people have come to believe that Mayberry is based on my home town (Mt. Airy, North Carolina) and, it is NOT, cause real towns have real problems that have to be dealt with. All of Mayberry's problems were solved in half an hour. It was a place full of joy, sometimes a lot of laughs and always a lot of love."

               --The Andy Griffith Show Reunion, 1992