Castle Rock, Colorado
Castle Rock, Colorado | |
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Looking down Wilcox Street (2018) | |
Location within Douglas County and Colorado | |
Castle Rock Location of Castle Rock Castle Rock Castle Rock (Colorado) | |
| Coordinates: 39°22′20″N 104°51′22″W / 39.3722°N 104.8561°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | Douglas |
| Founded | 1874 |
| Incorporated | April 14, 1881 |
| Government | |
| • Type | home rule town |
| • Mayor | Jason Gray |
| Area | |
| 34.742 sq mi (89.981 km2) | |
| • Land | 34.742 sq mi (89.981 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0.000 km2) |
| Elevation | 6,224 ft (1,897 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| 73,158 | |
| • Rank | US: 445th CO: 14th |
| • Density | 2,308.2/sq mi (891.19/km2) |
| • Urban | 2,686,147 (US: 18th) |
| • Metro | 2,985,871 (US: 19th) |
| • Combined | 3,663,515 (US: 18th) |
| • Front Range | 5,055,344 |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
| ZIP code | 80104, 80108, 80109 |
| Area codes | 303/720/983 |
| GNIS pop ID | 169449 |
| GNIS town ID | 2413179 |
| FIPS code | 08-12415 |
| Major highways | |
| Website | crgov.com |
Castle Rock is a home rule town that is the county seat of and the most-populous municipality in Douglas County, Colorado, United States. The town's population was 73,158 at the 2020 census, a 51.68% increase since the 2010 census. Castle Rock is the most-populous Colorado town (rather than city) and the 14th-most populous Colorado municipality. Castle Rock is a part of the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO metropolitan statistical area and the Front Range urban corridor.
The town is named for the prominent, castle-shaped butte near the center of town.