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1945 Map of Castle Rock

Name: 1945 Topographic Map of Castle Rock
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1945
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1945

About this map

The town of Castle Rock serves as the central hub of this 1945 landscape, situated where the Plum Creek valley meets the rugged plateaus of central Colorado. The map documents a critical transportation corridor, dominated by the parallel routes of the Denver and Rio Grande Western and the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroads. These lines connect rural outposts like Sedalia, Louviers Sta, and Tomah to the larger region.

Rural life is marked by a network of one-room schoolhouses, including Gann Sch, Fonder Sch, and Glen Grove Sch, along with community landmarks such as Pikes Peak Grange Hall. Higher elevations are defined by prominent landforms like Dawson Butte, Wildcat Pt, and Johnson Castle. Economic activity is represented by the Clay Mine near the county seat and the Fairgrounds south of the town center, while numerous gulches like Hangmans Gulch and Mitchell Gulch carve through the surrounding terrain.