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Welcome to Barryville ...

Barryville is located in Macon County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Barryville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872.

Barryville is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Barryville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Barryville: 660

Communities Also Named Barryville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Barryville - they are located in Iowa, New Brunswick, New York and Ohio.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Barryville.

Communities near Barryville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Barryville.

  • Macon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Marceline
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Salisbury
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Huntsville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Bevier
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Bucklin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Bucklin is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
  • Atlanta
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Atlanta is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
  • Callao
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Cairo
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Cairo is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
  • New Cambria
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)

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 Barryville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Barryville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Barryville. 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 Barryville.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Barryville. See our Newspapers Page for Barryville.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Barryville ...

Looking for more information about Barryville? 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 Barryville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Barryville.

Adding Barryville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Barryville in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Barryville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Barryville post office opened in 1872. The Barryville post office closed in 1899.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Barryville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Macon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Barryville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/