Barstow, Washington

Barstow, Washington
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 48°46′38″N 118°08′34″W[1]
Country	United States
State	Washington
County	Ferry
Area
• Total	0.56 sq mi (1.45 km^2)
• Land	0.56 sq mi (1.45 km^2)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km^2)
Elevation	1,400 ft (400 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	59
• Density	105/sq mi (40.7/km^2)
ZIP code	99141[2]
Area code	509

Barstow is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community in Ferry County in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 59.^[3]

Geography

Barstow is located in northeastern Ferry County, along U.S. Route 395 on the west side of the Kettle River. US 395 leads south 14 miles (23 km) to Kettle Falls and north 17 miles (27 km) to the Canadian border at Laurier.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Barstow CDP has an area of 0.56 square miles (1.45 km²), all of it land.^[3]

Cougar attack

In 1999, a four-year-old boy was injured in a cougar attack. The boy survived the ambush despite suffering a serious neck wound and the cougar was found and put down. The event occurred a mile south of Barstow and was the ninth recorded attack by a cougar in Washington state history up to that time.^[4]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Barstow, Washington
2. "Barstow WA ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2023. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
3. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Barstow CDP, Washington". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved October 21, 2016.^{[dead link‍]}
4. Craig, John (August 25, 1999). "Boy, 4, injured in cougar attack". The Spokesman-Review. Archived from the original on September 3, 2000. Retrieved April 10, 2012.