"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