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1913 Map of Castle Rock

Name: 1913 Topographic Map of Castle Rock
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1914
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1914

About this map

The town of Castle Rock serves as a focal point in this 1911 survey, situated along the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe RR and the Denver and Rio Grande RR. This pre-World War I landscape reveals a dense network of early rural education and community life, marked by numerous small schoolhouses like the Fonder School, Flintwood School, and James School. To the west, the topography rises sharply into the Pike National Forest, where features such as Dawson Butte and Storm Pk overlook the canyon country.

Transportation corridors follow the natural drainage of Plum Creek and Cherry Creek, connecting early settlements like Sedalia and Franktown. Significant early infrastructure is visible at the Castlewood Reservoir and the growing resort community at Palmer Lake. For genealogists, the map preserves the locations of rural landmarks including the Bear Canyon Church and the Table Rock Church, alongside family-named terrain like King Plateau and Riley Hill.