# Castle Rock Rio Grande depot

- URL: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/castle-rock-rio-grande-depot/
- Also known as: Castle Rock Denver & Rio Grande Train Depot
- Kind: Railroad stations, depots and structures
- Status: Historic or vanished
- County: Douglas County, Colorado
- Point: 39.3725, -104.8578 (from a cited description (good to a few hundred feet))

- Updated: 2026-10-07

## What we know

Castle Rock's D&RG station; the 1920 post office site report measured the office 525 feet west of the Denver & Rio Grande track, and in 1941 the station was 550 feet away by road (S-0113).

## Where it was

Pin in the Larkspur Historical Society's Google Earth version of the county map ('DC Resources,' Train Depot folder), read from the feature's card on screen, 2026-10-07 (S-0123). Good to a few hundred feet.

Placed from a written description, such as a land section, a distance from a landmark or an old survey note.

## Sources

- S-0045: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0045
- S-0113: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0113
- S-0123: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0123

## Nearby

- [First United Methodist Church (Castle Rock)](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/first-united-methodist-church-castle-rock/): 0.1 mi southwest
- [Castle Rock](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/castle-rock/): 0.1 mi east
- [Benjamin Hammar House](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/benjamin-hammar-house/): 0.1 mi southeast
- [First National Bank and Masonic Building](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/first-national-bank-and-masonic-building/): 0.1 mi west
- [Goldenrod Grange No. 192](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/goldenrod-grange-no-192/): 0.1 mi west
- [Cantril School](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/cantril-school/): 0.1 mi east

Source numbers (S-0000) refer to https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/. Compiled by Michael Christensen for Palmer Divide Research; CC BY 4.0.