Under Indiana law, cities may not have less than 2000 people. Very small towns are often run by just a council, and if there is a mayor, he's often just a ceremonial job yet it's pretty obvious that Larry Kline is doing more than just ceremonial things from the way he puts on the Fourth of July bash with the intention of courting over voters. Season 3 makes clear that Hawkins has a mayor (Larry Kline) who makes executive decisions. However, the technical definition under Indiana law is that there are separate legislative and executive branches (basically mayor and city council). For most people, "City" usually implies a larger population.
The sign on the police station describes Hawkins as the "City of Hawkins". The county itself appears to be relatively rural, though. That makes it one of the larger towns, if not the largest, in the county. Hawkins appears to be the seat of the fictional Roane County, Indiana (it's the location of the county coroner's office, anyways). We're told that it's basically supposed to be Smalltown, USA, so somewhere in the low tens of thousands is a pretty reasonable estimate. When it comes to the actual size of Hawkins, it's harder to make an exact estimate. The towns of North Manchester (also on the Eel River and only a couple of miles from Roann) and Wabash (home of an Air Force Base in the 80's) are the closest matches. Roann is a very small town, nowhere near the size of Hawkins, but intended to be in Wabash County. The northern edge of Roann's downtown area is the Eel River, and Tippecanoe is a small town less than 20 miles away (it's also a river, a lake and a county, all less than 50 miles away). In Episode 5 in Season 2, when Bob is describing landmarks associated with the "vines", he mentions both the Eel River and Tippecanoe. Another possibility: while Hawkins obviously doesn't exist, and neither does Roane County, there is a town called Roann (different spelling, same pronunciation) in Wabash County, in north central Indiana, and it is in a very wooded area. Both have a downtown square that are weirdly similar. There is both a rural/suburban feel to each place also. They both share the hilly landscape as well. Hawkins seems like it’s about an hour out from Indianapolis, just like Bloomington is. One possibility: it's taking the place of Bloomington (keep in mind Bloomington wasn’t nearly as developed back in the 80s as it is today). Has it ever been established where in Indiana the little town of Hawkins is supposed to be located?. OP was not only asking for the in-universe reason as to why she was killed off, but from a writing-standpoint as well. Of course, not all examples of "avoiding queerbaiting" has the queer character killed off. Writers wanting to avoid queerbaiting is a thing. While her sexuality is up for interpretation, yes, obviously those signs are why people thinks she's gay. Barb died because our boy Demo was hungry, in the area, and we needed an innocent victim to establish the threat. 
Is it because she is sassy? Or is worried about her female friend becoming someone she isn't? Or has short hair? We have no idea what sexual orientation Barb identified as and to claim she was killed early to avoid "queerbaiting" is ridiculous.
Lesbian troper here not understanding why people automatically assume Barb is LGBT. Just that some writers don't want a LGBT character to be the only reason why people watch their show). Adding to this, they probably also wanted to avoid queerbaiting (note: I'm not saying adding LGBT characters as a main character is a bad thing. As for softball skills, most of them are mainly useful if you happen to have a softball bat on hand - which Barb did not. Sucks for Barb, but no one said horror fiction was a kind place. Cards on the table: Barb was not and was never supposed to be a main character, and someone in that position close to the characters (especially those not really connected to the Will storyline) had to die to demonstrate the danger of the Demogorgon and give them an emotional investment in battling it. And no matter what skills you may have, like softball, they mean jackshit when up against something from the Upside Down if you aren't prepared. so why did Barb have to die after she was barely into the Upside Down? Stranger things vr party rental series#
Softball can involve running fasted hitting things with a bat, things that could have helped her survive the upside down and even be indispensable to the Party as the series goes on.
According to the official guide for the series, it is noted that while Barb participated in the lot of volunteer and academic extracurriculars, she was also a varsity softball player.
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