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 )
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 )

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Castle Rock
Population: 73158
Area: 87.511898
Elevation: 1897
Official website: www.townofcastlerock.org
Image: Castle Rock, CO.jpg
Households: 21536

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Commons category: Castle Rock, Colorado
inception: 1874-00-00
water as percent of area: 0
water area: 0
per capita income: 44419
postal code: 80109

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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.