History about Barry County Missouri...
Barry County is a county located in the southwest portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 34,534. Its county seat is Cassville.
The county was organized in 1835 and Barry County began operation as a political subdivision of
Missouri. The newly formed county contained the present counties of Barry,
Lawrence, Dade, McDonald, Newton, Jasper, Barton and a part of Cedar County
and came into being as the result of action by the 1834 state legislature.
It was a newly formed county and was named in honor of Thomas Barry, who at
one time was the Postmaster General in the cabinet of President Andrew
Jackson.
Its first county seat was located at Mount Pleasant and was located on Clear Creek just west of present day Pierce City. By 1845 Lawrence County was formed and so the county seat was no longer in the geographic center of Barry County. The new seat was formed in what is now Cassville and housed in the William Kerr residence. William Kerr owned the 50 acres which encompassed the town of Cassville in 1845.
Geography:
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 791 square miles of which 778 square miles is land and 13 square miles is water. Roaring River State Park is located in the southern part of the county amid the Mark Twain National Forest.
Major Highways:
U.S. Route 60
State Route 37
State Route 39
State Route 76
State Route 86
State Route 97
State Route 248
Adjacent counties:
| Official County Link | GenWeb County Link | |
|---|---|---|
| Lawrence County(north) | ||
| https://www.lawrencecountymo.org | || | https://lawrence.mogenweb.org/index.htm |
| Stone County(east) | ||
| http://www.stoneco-mo.us/ | || | https://stone.mogenweb.org |
| Carroll County AR (southeast) | ||
| http://carrollcounty.us | || | http://www.argenweb.net/carroll/ |
| Benton County AR (south) | ||
| https://bentoncountyar.gov | || | http://www.argenweb.net/benton/ |
| McDonald County (southwest) | ||
| https://mcdonaldcountymo.gov | || | https://mcdonald.mogenweb.org |
| Newton County (northwest) | ||
| https://www.newtoncountymo.com | || | https://newton.mogenweb.org |