A history of Barryton,
since 1894
Postcards, papers and photographs of Barryton from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗In 2020, a petition was started to dissolve the village. The petition gained enough signatures to be placed on the ballot for the 2020 election. The measure was subsequently defeated. If it had succeeded, it would have been the first village to ever voluntarily disincorporate in the state of Michigan.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Barryton’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewPlat book of Mecosta County, Mich…, 1900: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Barryton
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Barryton, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Barryton is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Barryton has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Sherman City Union Church in Sherman, 3.8 miles away.
Barryton and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Plat book of Mecosta County, Michigan (1900) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3) and the Library of Congress (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.