Barstow is a

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(CDP) and

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in Ferry County in the

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. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 59.

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 to

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and north to the

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at Laurier. According to the

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, the Barstow CDP has an area of , all of it land.

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.

References

Census-designated places in Ferry County, Washington Census-designated places in Washington (state) Unincorporated communities in Washington (state) Unincorporated communities in Ferry County, Washington Populated places in the Okanagan Country {{FerryCountyWA-geo-stub