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BARRY COUNTY
"... But the distinguishing feature of the territory of Barry County was the lakes which dotted its surface in the most lavish profusion. The Ottawa or Pottawattanie
warrior, as
he bounded through the gloomy glades after the deer, or set out on the war-path against his distant foes, passed scores of pellucid lakes flashing
in the sunlight of summer
or covered with the ice of winter, and varying in size from the broad, irregular expanse now known as Gun Lake, covering over five
square miles, to the miniature sheet
flashing amid the dark mass of pines like a diamond imbedded in emerald. Nearly a hundred and fifty of these lakes or ponds
were to be found in what is now Barry County,
while the territory of Allegan County, though much larger, showed but about eighty. ..."
taken from "The History of Allegan and Barry Counties, Michigan, Philadelphia, D. W. Ensign & Co. 1880"

 
County Information
The county seat is Hastings. The county was formed by an act of the legislature of the Michigan Territory on April 29, 1829 and organized in 1839.
It was named for William Taylor Barry, United States Postmaster General under President Andrew Jackson, making it one of Michigan's "cabinet counties".

City
Hastings (county seat)

Villages
 Freeport * Middleville * Nashville * Woodland

Census-Designated Places
 Delton * Dowling * Hickory Corners

Unincorporated Communities
Assyria * Banfield * Cloverdale * Coats Grove * Lacey * Maple Grove * Prairieville * Quimby * Schultz


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Website Update Archive

Website Updates:
Jun
2022

CEMETERY UPDATES - Brush Ridge Cemeteries, Ellis Cemetery, North Hickory Cemetery, Prarieville Township Cemetery
OBITUARIES - Albert A. Anders, Charles F. Anders, Emma Anders, Ida Carpenter, Josie Carpenter,
Christopher Doster, Emma E. Doster, Franklin Doster, Gerald Silas Doster, Leon J. Doster,  H. Sherman Jones, LaVerne L. Jones, Edwin V. Willison, Elmer J. Willison, Epaphroditis Willison, John E. Willison

 


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Adjacent Counties
Ionia County (northeast)
Eaton County (east)
Calhoun County (southeast)
Kalamazoo County (southwest)
Allegan County (west)
Kent County (northwest)

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