The town was named after the Scottish town Barrhead, the birthplace of one of the children of the area's early settlers, James McGuire.
The Post Office opened on January 1, 1914.
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YEAR |
POPULATION |
1931 |
222 |
1941 |
399 |
1951 |
1243 |
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