Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 4, 2026.
Barton County, Missouri, has about 12,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Barton County is held at the county jail, run by the Barton County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
Related guides: Barton County public records, Barton County arrest records, Barton County warrants, Barton County criminal records, Barton County court records, Missouri arrest records and Missouri inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Barton County
The county jail, run by the Barton County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Barton County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Barton County Sheriff's Office at countyofbarton.gov/sheriff (page title: Sheriff), phone 417-682-5515, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 3, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at 417-682-5515.
The Barton County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 20 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 27 beds, and it ran at 74 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Barton County has about 12,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 17 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Barton County Jail
The Barton County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Lamar and Liberal make the arrests that end in a booking in Barton County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Lamar's 93 for 2024, the Barton County Sheriff's Office's 18 for 2025 and Liberal's 0 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Barton County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 18 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Barton County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Barton County serves the sentence in a facility of the Missouri Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at web.mo.gov/doc/offSearchWeb.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Barton County?
Ask the Barton County Sheriff's Office at 417-682-5515; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at countyofbarton.gov/sheriff.
How many people are in the Barton County jail?
About 20 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 27 beds.
What is the phone number for the Barton County jail?
417-682-5515, the number on the page of the Barton County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Barton County go?
To a facility of the Missouri Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at web.mo.gov/doc/offSearchWeb.
Is this the official Barton County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.