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 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]
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