Starbuck is a town in Columbia County, Washington , United States . The population was 129 at the 2010 census .
History Grain elevator in Starbuck. Named for railroad official W. H. Starbuck, the town was originally a junction on the main line of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company . The town was platted in 1894, and built its first bank ten years later. In 1886, the railroad completed a line eastward from Starbuck to Pomeroy and Pataha City in Garfield County . The town was officially incorporated on September 18, 1905. In 1910, a large brick school was built. In 1914 a bridge over the Snake River was completed downstream from Lyon's Ferry , which greatly diminished the railroad traffic through the town. The economy of the town turned to agriculture, but in 1929 the bank failed.
