Barnard is a city in southern Nodaway County, Missouri, United States.

[6] Originally the post office was in nearby Prairie Park[6], but in 1871 it moved to Barnard.

[8] Barnard is located in southern Nodaway County on the east bank of the One Hundred and Two River at the intersection of Missouri routes M and WW approximately 2.5 miles east of US Route 71.

[9] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.15 square miles (0.39 km2), all land.

About 1.6% of families and 10.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.4% of those under the age of eighteen and 22.7% of those 65 or over.

Barnard is the home to the newly consolidated South Nodaway R-IV School District.

Originally, the Pre-K through 6th Grade elementary school had been located in nearby Guilford, five miles east of the town.