Barstow, Washington

Barstow, Washington
Census-designated place
Barstow
Barstow
Coordinates: 48°46′38″N 118°08′34″W / 48.7771256°N 118.1427738°W / 48.7771256; -118.1427738Coordinates: 48°46′38″N 118°08′34″W / 48.7771256°N 118.1427738°W / 48.7771256; -118.1427738[1]
Country United States
State Washington
County Ferry
Area
 • Total 0.56 sq mi (1.45 km2)
 • Land 0.56 sq mi (1.45 km2)
 • Water 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation 1,400 ft (400 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 59
 • Density 105/sq mi (40.7/km2)

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.[2]

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.[2]

Cougar attack

In 1999, a four-year-old boy was injured in a cougar attack near a house "on U.S. Highway 395 about a mile south of Barstow in Ferry County and about 11 miles northwest of Kettle Falls."[3]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Barstow, Washington
  2. 1 2 "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Barstow CDP, Washington". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  3. ↑ Craig, John (August 25, 1999). "Boy, 4, injured in cougar attack". The Spokesman-Review. Archived from the original on 2000-09-03. Retrieved April 10, 2012.


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