Torboy is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

in Ferry County,

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, United States.

Demographics

In 2010, it had a population of 49. The census reported that 28 of the inhabitants were male, and 21 were female.

Geography

Torboy is located in northwestern Ferry County along

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. It is northeast of

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, the

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, and south of

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. The community is bordered to the north by the Curlew Lake CDP. According to the

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, the Torboy CDP has a total area of , of which , or 2.90%, is water. The

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flows through the community.

References

Census-designated places in Ferry County, Washington {{FerryCountyWA-geo-stub