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Missouri Counties
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Missouri Counties
Missouri has 114 counties and one independent city. St. Louis City is separate from St. Louis
County and is referred to as a "city not within a county." |
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Barry County, Missouri
Barry County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Cassville
Year Organized: 1835
Square Miles: 779 |
Court House: 700 Main Street
County Courthouse
Cassville, MO 65625-1467
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Named for US Postmaster General William T. Barry.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History of Barry County
Organized January 5, 1835; named in honor of William T. Barry of Kentucky, a member of President
Jackson's cabinet and Postmaster General 1829-1835, the first appointment to that office. Died August 30, 1835, in
Liverpool, while Minister to Spain. (J.H. Thomas; Eaton (46) I p. 205)
Source: Bell, Margaret E. "Place Names In The Southwest Border Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1933.
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Arrow Point |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Butterfield |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Cassville
(County
Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Chain-O-Lakes |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Emerald Beach |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Exeter |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Monett |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Purdy |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Seligman |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Washburn |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Wheaton |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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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