Barstow, Washington

Barstow is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Ferry County in the U.S. state of Washington. 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 Kettle Falls and north to the Canadian border at Laurier.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 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.