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Welcome to Baryties ...

Baryties is located in Washington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Baryties, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1893.

Baryties is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Baryties: 573 & 235<3>

Communities near Baryties ...

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

  • Festus
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Festus
    • Festus is located in Jefferson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,114 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Festus <4>
  • Park Hills
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hills
    • Park Hills is located in Saint Francois County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,506 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Park Hills <4>
  • Bonne Terre
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • De Soto
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Desloge
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Desloge have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desloge
    • Desloge is located in Saint Francois County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,900 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Desloge <4>
  • Flat River
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flat River have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat River
    • Flat River is located in Saint Francois County
  • Crystal City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Herculaneum
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Hillsboro
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillsboro have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
    • Hillsboro is located in Jefferson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,355 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hillsboro <4>
  • Potosi
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potosi
    • Potosi is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,548 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Potosi <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Baryties ...

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

Adding Baryties to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Baryties 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 for Baryties was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Baryties post office opened in 1893.

We also found Baryties on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Baryties.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Washington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Baryties - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 573 code has been Overlayed with the 235 area code. New phone numbers in the Baryties area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Baryties area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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