Barry County Advertiser
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The Barry County Advertiser is a free weekly newspaper located in Cassville, Missouri
, the county seat
of Barry County, Missouri
. The Advertiser is funded purely by advertising and is distributed through the U.S. Postal Service. The Advertiser is distributed each week to 12,300 homes across Barry County, and focuses on local news.
The first issue of the Advertiser was published on December 13, 1967, and was at that time one of three weekly papers in Cassville, a town with a population of less than 3,000. Both of the existing papers, the Cassville Democrat
and the Cassville Republican
, had been in existence for nearly a century at that time, but in 1984 the 112-year-old Cassville Republican folded. Both the Advertiser and the Cassville Democrat continue to be published.
Cassville, Missouri
Cassville is a city in Flat Creek Township, Barry County, Missouri, United States. The population was 3,266 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Barry County. Crowder College offers 2 year degree programs in Cassville...
, the county seat
County seat
A county seat is an administrative center, or seat of government, for a county or civil parish. The term is primarily used in the United States....
of Barry County, Missouri
Barry County, Missouri
Barry County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of 2010, the population was 35,597. Its county seat is Cassville. The county was organized in 1835 and named after William Taylor Barry from Kentucky, a United States Postmaster General....
. The Advertiser is funded purely by advertising and is distributed through the U.S. Postal Service. The Advertiser is distributed each week to 12,300 homes across Barry County, and focuses on local news.
The first issue of the Advertiser was published on December 13, 1967, and was at that time one of three weekly papers in Cassville, a town with a population of less than 3,000. Both of the existing papers, the Cassville Democrat
Cassville Democrat
The Cassville Democrat is a weekly newspaper located in Cassville, Missouri, the county seat of Barry County, Missouri. It has a weekly circulation of around 5,000 and has been published continuously since its founding in 1871....
and the Cassville Republican
Cassville Republican
The Cassville Republican was a weekly newspaper in the town of Cassville, Missouri, the county seat of Barry County, Missouri. The newspaper was founded in 1872 and ceased operation in 1984, after 112 years of operation. The newspaper was established to provide the Republican Party viewpoint to...
, had been in existence for nearly a century at that time, but in 1984 the 112-year-old Cassville Republican folded. Both the Advertiser and the Cassville Democrat continue to be published.