{"id":5408,"date":"2023-07-09T10:45:51","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T10:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=5408"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:30:20","slug":"barry-county-missouri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/barry-county-missouri\/","title":{"rendered":"Barry County, Missouri"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barry County is a county in Missouri, United States, in the southwestern Ozarks about 45 miles
\nsouth of Springfield. It had a population of 34,534 at the 2020 census, an estimated 36,200 by
\n2025, and covers 791 square miles (2,050 km2) centred near 36\u00b043\u2032N 93\u00b050\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Cassville is the county seat; its postal code is 65625. The county holds 8 incorporated cities,
\nseveral smaller unincorporated communities, and 25 civil townships, and it runs on Central Time.
\nIts FIPS code is 29009.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Barry County<\/h2>\n

Barry County has 13 named places on record here: 8 incorporated cities and towns, 3 census
\ndesignated places, and 2 unincorporated communities with no local government of their own. CDP
\nstands for census designated place; Unincorp. covers crossroads and rural communities with no
\nformal boundary.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nTownship<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Cassville<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\nFlat Creek<\/td>\n3,190<\/td>\n65625<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Monett<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nMonett<\/td>\n9,576<\/td>\n65708<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pierce City<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n1,251<\/td>\n65723<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Purdy<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nPurdy<\/td>\n1,031<\/td>\n65734<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shell Knob<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nShell Knob<\/td>\n1,254<\/td>\n65747<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seligman<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n813<\/td>\n65745<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Exeter<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nExeter<\/td>\n733<\/td>\n65647<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wheaton<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nWheaton<\/td>\n672<\/td>\n64874<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Golden<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n275<\/td>\n65658<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Washburn<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nWashburn<\/td>\n407<\/td>\n65772<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eagle Rock<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n193<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Butterfield<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nButterfield<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n65625<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chain-O-Lakes<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Two places on this list sit on county lines. Monett, the county’s largest city, is the
\nmost-populous city in both Barry and Lawrence counties — its population figure is citywide
\nand includes residents on the Lawrence County side. Pierce City runs the same way: Wikipedia
\ndescribes it as a city in southwest Lawrence and northwest Barry counties, so its 1,251 residents
\nare split across the line too. Shell Knob likewise extends east into Stone County, though most of
\nits land and population sit in Barry’s White River Township.<\/p>\n

Townships<\/h2>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Township<\/th>\nPop. (2020)<\/th>\nMain settlements<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Monett<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nMonett<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Flat Creek<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nCassville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Purdy<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nPurdy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Washburn<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nWashburn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wheaton<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nWheaton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Exeter<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nExeter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shell Knob<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nShell Knob<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Butterfield<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nButterfield<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
White River<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nRoaring River State Park area<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Roaring River<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nRoaring River State Park<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Barry County has 25 civil townships in total, including Ash, Capps Creek, Corsicana, Crane
\nCreek, Jenkins, Kings Prairie, Liberty, McDonald, McDowell, Mineral, Mountain, Ozark, Pioneer,
\nPleasant Ridge, and Sugar Creek, most of them rural with no town at their center. The Census
\nBureau does not publish separate population counts for Missouri’s minor civil divisions in
\nthe 2020 count used here, so per-township figures above are omitted rather than estimated.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n