Baring, Washington | |
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![]() Location of Baring, Washington | |
Coordinates: 47°45′50″N 121°28′34″W / 47.76389°N 121.47611°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Washington |
County | King |
Area | |
• Total | 1.13 sq mi (2.93 km2) |
• Land | 1.04 sq mi (2.70 km2) |
• Water | 0.09 sq mi (0.24 km2) |
Elevation | 774 ft (236 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 255 |
• Density | 211/sq mi (81.6/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
ZIP code | 98224 |
Area code | 360 |
FIPS code | 53-04300[2] |
GNIS feature ID | 1516134[3] |
Baring is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in King County, Washington, United States. The population was 255 at the 2020 census,[1] up from 220 at the 2010 census.[4] It is located on U.S. Highway 2 about 23 miles (37 km) west of Stevens Pass, along a very flat and straight three-mile section of highway that has been dubbed the "Baring Straight" (a play on the Bering Strait between Alaska and Russia), since US-2 is otherwise hilly and curvy through the mountains. The settlement was first known as "Salmon", but by 1909 it was known as Baring.[5]
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