Barry Township is a civil township of Barry County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 3,417.

History

Barry Township was the original township, with boundaries co-extensive with Barry County, from which all the townships of the county were partitioned. On March 23, 1836, a legislative act provided for the organization of Barry Township of Barry. The first township meeting was held at the house of Nicholas Campbell in Barry Township (now Prairieville Township) on 4 April 1836.

Communities

  • Delton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in the northwest part of the township centered around the junction of M-43 and E Orchard Street at . The Delton ZIP code, 49046, serves most of the northern part of the township as well as portions of Johnstown Township to the east, Hope Township to the north, Orangeville Township to the northwest, Prairieville Township to the west. A small portion of southeastern Yankee Springs Township to the north of Orangeville Township is also served by the Delton ZIP code. A post office was first requested under the name "Dellstown", but was established as Delton in May 1877.
  • Hickory Corners is an unincorporated community and census-designated place approximately northwest of Battle Creek and about northeast of Kalamazoo at . The Gilmore Car Museum is located in Hickory Corners. The Hickory Corners ZIP code, 49060, serves most of the southern portion of the township as well as portions of Prairieville Township to the west and Ross Township to the south in Kalamazoo County. The first settler, the Rev. Moses Lawrence, built his home in 1834 on the shore of Lawrence Lake about a half mile from the present town. In 1837, surveyors found a large hickory tree in the center of section 28, from which the settlement took its name. Solomon C. Hall built the first house in the town and became the first postmaster in July 1844.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 5.69%, is water.

It is located southeast of Grand Rapids.

Demographics

As of the census