Barry County, Missouri

 

Founding: 1835
Parent county: Greene

Namesake: William Barry, Kentucky politician
Seat: Mount Pleasant (1835–1845); Cassville (1845–)

Land area: 778 square miles

Population (2020): 34,534

Population (historic): 4,745 (1840); 7,995 (1860); 14,405 (1880); 25,532 (1900); 22,803 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840; 1850–1900; 1930s; 1960–2010

Subdivisions: Eight cities; four villages; three CDPs; 25 townships

National Register listings: 17

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,796 (10.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 36.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 1.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 21.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $699
Average outbuilding value (1930): $465
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,308
Average farm size (1920): 70.2 acres
Sources of settlement: Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, and Italy
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Cassville

Namesake: Lewis Cass, Michigan politician

Founding: 1845 (platting); 1845 (post office); 1847 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 3,190

Population (historic): 287 (1870); 626 (1890); 781 (1910); 1,016 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 112 (8.4%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *David Courdin Farm (1876). 8634 Road 2020. Monett. Razed.