Welcome to Barr ...Barr is located in Macoupin County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Barr, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895. Barr is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Barr lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities Also Named Barr ...While we believe that this Barr is located in Macoupin County, we know of another 2 Illinois communities named Barr. Those communities are located in the following counties: Cook and Sangamon County. Beyond Illinois, there are 15 communities that are also named Barr - they are located in Colorado (2), Georgia, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina and Tennessee. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Barr. Communities near Barr ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Barr.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Barr. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Barr. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Barr. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Barr. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Barr. See our Newspapers Page for Barr. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Barr ...Looking for more information about Barr? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Barr, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Barr. Adding Barr to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Barr in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Barr was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Barr. Footnotes ...
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