Mount Airy

Mount Airy is a city in Surry County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 10,388. Mount Airy was settled in the 1750s as a stagecoach stop on the road between Winston-Salem and Galax, Virginia. It was named for a nearby plantation. Mount Airy was incorporated in 1885. Mount Airy is located at 36°30′3″N 80°36′34″W / 36.50083°N 80.60944°W / 36.50083; -80.60944 (36.500756, -80.609311), along the Ararat River. The United States Census Bureau says the city has a total area of 8.4 square miles (22 km), all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 8,484 people, 3,667 households, and 2,130 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,010.8 people per square mile (390.4/km²)....