Pistol River (Tolowa: chvt-ler’sh-chvn-dvn taa-ghii~-li~’ [4]) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Curry County, Oregon, United States.

[9] In 1984 John Kirkland of The World (of Coos Bay, Oregon) described Pistol River as having a "pioneer spirit" and "simplicity".

[10] Kirkland added that the community could be considered "a throwback to an earlier point in American history.

The entire county is in the Southwestern Oregon Community College district.

This Curry County, Oregon state location article is a stub.