Barnhart

History

The land surrounding Barnhart originally belonged to Benjamin O'Fallon, who settled here with his family in 1834. The James O'Fallon Home was built in 1860, and was purchased in 1884 by Joseph G. Marriott, a cattle rancher who introducing the first Holstein cattle to Jefferson County. The extant home is now called the Parkton Mansion. The town was not named until after the Frisco Railroad was completed in the early 1900s, and may have been named for Mrs. C. L. Barnhart, who donated land for the Frisco Railroad Depot.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and is water.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  8,738
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  6,403
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  5,975
• House Finch

  Haemorhous mexicanus (P.L.Statius Müller, 1776) · Aves
  5,906
• Downy Woodpecker

  Dryobates pubescens (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  5,683
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  5,576
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  5,056
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  4,825

Largest nearby schools

• SECKMAN SR. HIGH
  High · IMPERIAL · 1,793 students · 18.3:1 ratio
• FOX SR. HIGH
  High · ARNOLD · 1,742 students · 17.2:1 ratio
• FESTUS ELEM.
  Elementary · FESTUS · 1,039 students · 15.1:1 ratio
• FESTUS SR. HIGH
  High · FESTUS · 979 students · 17.8:1 ratio
• WINDSOR HIGH
  High · IMPERIAL · 908 students · 15.1:1 ratio
• FESTUS INTERMEDIATE
  Middle · FESTUS · 745 students · 19.1:1 ratio
• SECKMAN MIDDLE
  Middle · IMPERIAL · 725 students · 13.4:1 ratio
• PEVELY ELEM.
  Elementary · PEVELY · 708 students · 12.4:1 ratio