Castle Rock, Colorado | |
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 Looking down Wilcox Street in Castle Rock | |
 Location of the Town of Castle Rock in Douglas County, Colorado | |
| Coordinates: 39°19′52″N 104°51′04″W / 39.33111°N 104.85111°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | Douglas |
| Founded | 1874 |
| Incorporated | April 14, 1881 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Home rule municipality |
| Area | |
• Town | 34.742 sq mi (89.981 km2) |
| • Land | 34.742 sq mi (89.981 km2) |
| • Water | 0.000 sq mi (0.000 km2) |
| Elevation | 6,283 ft (1,915 m) |
| Population | |
• Town | 73,158 |
| • Rank | US: 445th CO: 14th |
| • Density | 2,308.19/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–7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC–6 (MDT) |
| ZIP Codes[4] | 80104, 80108, 80109 |
| Area code(s) | 303, 720, and 983 |
| FIPS code | 08-12415 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2413179[2] |
| Major Routes |     |
| Sales tax | 7.9%[5] |
| Website | crgov.com |
Castle Rock is a home rule town that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Douglas County, Colorado, United States.[7] The town’s population was 73,158 at the 2020 census,[3] 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.[8]
- ^ "2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Castle Rock, Colorado
- ^ a b "Explore Census Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
- ^ "ZIP Code Lookup" (JavaScript/HTML). United States Postal Service. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
- ^ "Castle Rock (CO) sales tax rate". Retrieved February 9, 2024.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
USCensusEst2022was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ Dawson, John Frank (1954). Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 13.