Castlewood

On Census Bureau maps, the CDP was bordered by Greenwood Village on the north and north-east, I-25 on the east, Douglas County to south, and the Southglenn CDP to the west on the other side of South Holly Street.

While the Census Bureau used the name "Castlewood" for the CDP, it was not used locally as the name for a specific town or neighborhood. It was, however, used for other purposes in the area. In 1890, Castlewood Dam and Lake was built east of Castle Rock about 18 miles southeast of the CDP location; it was destroyed in a major flood in 1933 and is now Castlewood Canyon State Park. The former Castlewood School was built in 1907 at Orchard and Ulster, and the former Castlewood Grange was chartered in 1907. The Castlewood Fire Protection District, which included the CDP, was founded on October 25, 1951; it changed its name to South Metro Fire Rescue on December 31, 1998, after joining with other districts. The local library, part of the Arapahoe Library District and located near the center of the CDP, is still called the Castlewood Library.