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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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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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