Barry County, Missouri

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Barry County Courthouse
Barry County Courthouse
administration
US state : Missouri
Administrative headquarters : Cassville
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
700 Main Street
Cassville, MO 65625-1467
Foundation : January 5, 1835
Made up from: Greene County
Area code : 001 417
Demographics
Residents : 35,597  (2010)
Population density : 17.6 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 2048 km²
Water surface : 31 km²
map
Map of Barry County within Missouri

The Barry County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 35,597 residents and a population density of 17.6 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Cassville , named after Lewis Cass , a governor of the Territory of Michigan.

geography

The county is located almost in the extreme southwest of Missouri, borders Arkansas to the south , is about 50 km from Oklahoma and Kansas to the west , and has an area of ​​2048 square kilometers, of which 31 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following neighboring counties:

Newton County Lawrence County
Compass card (de) .svg Stone County
McDonald County Benton County,
Arkansas 		Carroll County,
Arkansas

history

WT Barry
Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1840 4795 -
1850 3467 -27.7%
1860 7995 130.6%
1870 10,373 29.7%
1880 14,405 38.9%
1890 22,943 59.3%
1900 25,532 11.3%
1910 23,869 -6.5%
1920 23,473 -1.7%
1930 22,803 -2.9%
1940 23,546 3.3%
1950 21,755 -7.6%
1960 18,921 -13%
1970 19,597 3.6%
1980 24,408 24.5%
1990 27,547 12.9%
2000 34,010 23.5%
2010 35,597 4.7%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Barry County was formed on January 5, 1835 from parts of Greene County. It was named after William Taylor Barry (1784-1835) from Kentucky , who served as US Postmaster General from 1829 to 1835 .

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , Barry County had 35,597 people in 14,256 households. The population density was 17.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.49 people lived in 14,256 households.

The racial the population was composed of 92.1 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.9 percent Native American, 1.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 7.7 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

24.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.6 percent were 65 years or older. 50.4 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 36,143  USD . The per capita income was $ 19,363. 17.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Barry County localities

Citys

 

Villages

Census-designated place (CDP)

other unincorporated communities

1 - partly in Lawrence County
2 - mostly in Lawrence County
3 - partly in Stone County

structure

Barry County is divided into 25 townships :

Township Population
(2010) 		FIPS
Ash Township 948    29-02116
Butterfield Township 973    29-10162
Capps Creek Township 630    29-11332
Corsicana Township 418    29-16534
Crane Creek Township 938    29-17092
Exeter Township 1628    29-23140
Flat Creek Township 5997    29-24436
Jenkins Township 398    29-37142
Kings Prairie Township 971    29-38837
Liberty Township 1165    29-41942
McDonald Township 853    29-44912
McDowell Township 288    29-44966
Mineral Township 861    29-48674
Township Population
(2010) 		FIPS
Monett Township 6457    29-49214
Mountain Township 306    29-50366
Ozark Township 955    29-55730
Pioneer Township 193    29-57962
Pleasant Ridge Township 486    29-58484
Purdy Township 1972    29-60194
Roaring River Township 1333    29-62318
Shell Knob Township 1177    29-67250
Sugar Creek Township 1851    29-71332
Washburn Township 1168    29-77218
Wheaton Township 1133    29-79144
White River Township 2498    29-79522
 

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 758459. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Barry County, MO. Retrieved October 3, 2012
  3. ^ A b National Association of Counties. Retrieved October 3, 2012
  4. ^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011
  5. ↑ Extract from census.gov - mo.Retrieved on February 17, 2011
  6. ↑ Missouri Census Data Center  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 16, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / mcdc.missouri.edu  

Web links

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Coordinates: 36 ° 42 ′  N , 93 ° 49 ′  W