Castle Rock
Also known as Castle Rock, Colorado, Castle Rock, CO
county seat of Douglas County, Colorado, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Douglas
- Incorporated
- April 14, 1881
- Type
- home rule town
- Mayor
- Jason Gray
- Home rule town
- 34.742 sq mi (89.981 km )
- Land
- 34.742 sq mi (89.981 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.000 km )
- Elevation
- 6,224 ft (1,897 m)
- Rank
- US: 445th, CO: 14th
- Density
- 2,308.2/sq mi (891.19/km )
- Urban
- 2,686,147 (US: 18th )
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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.
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