Barnwell is a village in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located 10 km (6.2 mi) west of Taber and 43 km (27 mi) east of Lethbridge along the Crowsnest Highway, 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 long time employee of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Many of the early settlers of the area were coal miners employed in mines nearby at the former community of Coal City. The mines closed in 1920, and miners left for the Crowsnest Pass and Drumheller. he population of the Village of Barnwell according to its 2011 municipal census is 812, a 32.5% increase from its 2006 federal census population of 613.

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