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Castle Rock is the county seat of Douglas County, Colorado, about 35 miles south of Denver and 40 miles north of Colorado Springs on the Interstate 25 corridor just east of the front range of the Rocky Mountains. The town is the center of the burgeoning urbanization of the county. Castle Rock is named after a small prominent butte just north of the town, clearly visible from Interstate 25. Access is provided to climb to the top of the rock should one so desire. Castle Rock is on East Plum Creek, a small stream which floods from time to time. As of 2005, the city is estimated to have a total population of 35,745.

The region in and around Castle Rock was originally used by Indians of the Arapahoe and Cheyenne tribes. They occupied the land between the Arkansas River and the South Platte Rivers. White settlers were drawn by rumors of gold and by land opened through the Homestead Act of 1864. One of the first settlers in the area near today's Castle Rock was the original homesteader, Jeremiah Gould. He owned about 160 acres to the south of "The (Castle) Rock." At that time, the settlement consisted of just a few buildings for prospectors, workers, and cowboys. In 1874 Jeremiah Gould donated 120 acres to the new town that was also now home to the Douglas County government. For the beginning the six streets named Elbert, Jerry, Wilcox, Perry, Castle and Front were laid out to build the actual town of Castle Rock. The Courthouse Square was defined and about 77 lots, each 50 by 112 feet, were auctioned off for a total profit of $3,400.00 - a lot of money at that time!