Barstow is a city in Ward County, Texas, United States.

A courthouse was built the following year, and by 1900 the city's population was over 1,000 due to the recruiting efforts of Mr.

[4] Irrigation was successful enough that in the 1904 World's Fair, Barstow managed to win a Silver Medal for its grapes.

[4] That same year, fruit and vegetable farming was hit hard when the Pecos River Dam broke.

[5] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.7 square mile (1.7 km2), all land.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 265 people, 140 households, and 88 families residing in the city.