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Barry is a city in Pike County in western Illinois, established in 1836 close to the Mississippi River and the Missouri state line.

Barry was originally platted as Worcester in 1836, but when residents petitioned for a post office in 1839 the name had to change because another Worcester post office already existed.

Settler Mary Brown was picked to choose the new name and selected "Barre" after her hometown of Barre, Vermont — but a state clerk misrecorded it as "Barry," and the misspelling stuck permanently.

Barry was incorporated as a city in 1872.

Barry had 1,303 residents at the 2020 census, down modestly from its peak of 1,647 people in 1910.

Barry's residents lived in 513 households at the 2020 census, and about 23% of the population was 65 or older.

Lottie Holman O'Neill, the first woman elected to the Illinois General Assembly, was a Barry native.

Novelist and critic Floyd Dell, a leading literary figure of his era, was born in Barry.

Barry's 19th-century commercial core is preserved as the Barry Historic District, and local students attend Western High School in Barry.

Barry covers about 1.43 square miles and is served by ZIP code 62312.