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Barry County, Michigan
Barry County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Hastings
Year Organized: 1829
Square Miles: 556
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Court House: 220 West State Street
County Courthouse
Hastings, MI 49058-1849
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Barry County, named for the Hon. William T. Barry, Postmaster General under President Andrew Jackson
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
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History
Barry County, named for the Hon. William T. Barry, Postmaster General under President Andrew Jackson
The Cabinet counties of the US state of Michigan are those named after President Andrew Jackson and people who served in his Cabinet.
Set Off: 1829
Organized: 1839
Neighboring Counties:
- Ionia County (northeast)
- Eaton County (east)
- Calhoun County (southeast)
- Kalamazoo County (southwest)
- Allegan County (west)
- Kent County (northwest)
Cities and Towns:
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- Assyria |
township |
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- Baltimore |
township |
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- Barry |
township |
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- Carlton |
township |
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- Castleton |
township |
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- Freeport |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Hastings
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Hastings charter |
township |
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- Irving |
township |
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- Johnstown |
township |
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- Maple Grove |
township |
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- Middleville |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Nashville |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Orangeville |
township |
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- Prairieville |
township |
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- Rutland charter |
township |
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- Thornapple |
township |
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- Woodland |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Yankee Springs |
township |
County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
act locally." |
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Penn Foster High School
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