Castle Rock, Colorado

Castle Rock, Colorado
Castle Rock, Colorado
Town
	Looking down Wilcox Street in Castle Rock
	Location of the Town of Castle Rock in Douglas County, Colorado
	Coordinates: 39°22′34″N 104°51′13″W / 39.376089°N 104.853487°W
Country	United States
State	Colorado
County	Douglas
Founded	1874
Incorporated	April 14, 1881
Government
• Type	Home rule municipality
• Mayor	Jason Gray
• Town Manager	Dave Corliss
• Mayor Pro-Tem	Desiree LaFleur
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	6,217 ft (1,895 m)
Population (2020)
• Town	73,158
• Estimate (2022)	80,191
• 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	80104, 80108, 80109
Area code(s)	303, 720, and 983
FIPS code	08-12415
GNIS feature ID	0169449
Major Routes
Sales tax	7.9%
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 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 16th 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.
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^ "ZIP Code Lookup" (JavaScript/HTML). United States Postal Service. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
^ "Castle Rock (CO) sales tax rate". Retrieved February 9, 2024.
^ "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.