| Barnwell | |
| Official Name: | Village of Barnwell |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Southern Alberta |
| Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
| Subdivision Name3: | 2 |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Kent Bullock |
| Leader Title1: | Deputy Mayor |
| Leader Name1: | Deb Hansen |
| Leader Title2: | Governing body |
| Leader Name2: | Barnwell Village Council |
| Leader Title3: | MP |
| Leader Name3: | Martin Shields |
| Leader Title4: | MLA |
| Leader Name4: | Grant Hunter |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Title1: | Incorporated[1] |
| Established Date1: | |
| Established Title2: | • Village |
| Established Date2: | January 1, 1980 |
| Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
| Area Land Km2: | 1.5 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 978 |
| Population Density Km2: | 651.4 |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Utc Offset: | −7 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
| Coordinates: | 49.7603°N -112.2625°W |
| Elevation M: | 835 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | Highway 3 |
Barnwell is a village in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located 10km (10miles) west of Taber and 43km (27miles) east of Lethbridge on Highway 3, in the Municipal District of Taber.
In the late 19th century, a boxcar was located on a rail siding in what is now Barnwell. It was used as a telegraph office for local settlers and the railroad, and the area was named Woodpecker. In 1908, the area was renamed Bountiful to correspond to the local school district. A short while later, it was renamed to Barnwell because another community already had the name of Bountiful. The name Barnwell came from William Barnwell, a longtime employee of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
In the early 1900s migrating members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, colonized Barnwell as well as other Southern Alberta areas. "By 1911 Latter-day Saints had established eighteen new communities in southern Alberta, and 10,000 Saints, mostly farmers and their families, lived in the area of southwest Alberta alone."[2] [3]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Barnwell had a population of 978 living in 257 of its 264 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 947. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[4]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Barnwell recorded a population of 947 living in 260 of its 266 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 771. With a land area of 1.51km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[5]
The population of the Village of Barnwell according to its 2015 municipal census is 960, a change from its 2011 municipal census population of 812.[6]