Barry County, Missouri

Barry County
The Barry County Courthouse in Cassville
The Barry County Courthouse in Cassville
Map of Missouri highlighting Barry County
Location within the U.S. state of Missouri
Map of the United States highlighting Missouri
Missouri's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 36°43′N 93°50′W / 36.71°N 93.83°W / 36.71; -93.83
Country United States
State Missouri
FoundedJanuary 5, 1835
Named forWilliam Taylor Barry
SeatCassville
Largest cityMonett
Area
 • Total791 sq mi (2,050 km2)
 • Land778 sq mi (2,020 km2)
 • Water13 sq mi (30 km2)  1.6%
Population
 (2020)
 • Total34,534
 • Density44/sq mi (17/km2)
Time zoneUTC−6 (Central)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district7th
William Taylor Barry

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.[1] Its county seat is Cassville.[2] The county was organized in 1835 and named after William Taylor Barry, a U.S. Postmaster General from Kentucky.[3] The town of Barry, also named after the postmaster-general, was located just north of Kansas City, not in Barry County.

  1. ^ "2020 Population and Housing State Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
  2. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  3. ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 205.