Barry

Navarro County, Texas

A map of where this is in the county. — 4.8 mi west of Blooming Grove · Navarro County

Named for Bryan T. Barry of Corsicana, who sold the first settlers their land. The post office opened in 1886 inside a general store a mile south of the present town, and when the Cotton Belt laid its Corsicana to Hillsboro track in 1888 the whole place moved up to the rails.

Barry in red on the General Land Office map of Navarro County, 1924, among the original land grants — Barry on the Land Office's county map of July 1924, in red; the names around it are the original land grants. Courtesy of the Texas General Land Office, Austin. Map 73249, Navarro County, July 1924. Used under licence. The whole county map →

Also within two miles. Markers: Barry Baptist Church, Barry · Fire department: Barry Volunteer Fire Department.

Among the places · On the map

From Texas State Historical Association, Handbook of Texas.