Reserve your camp site at the Castlewood City Park. Six electrical campsites are available. Call the city office at 605-793-2220 to reserve your spot today!

Welcome to www.castlewoodcity.com! The City of Castlewood would like to invite you to browse through our site. You will find that our community has many positive attributes that make it a very positive place in which to live and work.

Castlewood was platted in 1881, and in 1882 the Chicago and Northwestern railroad built a branch line through the Big Sioux Valley with the turntable at Castlewood. It was said that the engineer of the first train passing through what is now known as Castlewood was a man named Castle, and the conductor was a man named Wood. By 1883, Castlewood was a prosperous town with 20 dwellings, 23 business places, two hotels, two lumber sheds, two lime houses, two blacksmith shops, a harness shop and two churches. By 1884, two mills and four large grain warehouses were built. The town is situated in the center of one of the richest agricultural sections of northeastern Hamlin County.

Now the population of Castlewood is approximately 700. The approximate number of families is 300. Castlewood is a town that's built on honor, trust and stability.

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• Castlewood Days 2010 will be Aug. 13-15. Click here for a schedule of events and for links to the Run to the River 5K Run/Walk registration form and map.

• Swimming on Tuesdays - A bus will take kids to the outdoor pool in Watertown Tuesdays in July. Leave at 1 and back at 4:30. Cost is $5 for swimming and $2 to ride. Call city office for more info, 793-2220.

• Summer Reading Program - Wednesdays in July at the community center from 1-3 p.m. For youth entering grades 1-6. Call Kristi Dobbs, 553-5117, for more info.

• Souvenir items from Castlewood's 125th anniversary celebration are still available, including crocks, pitchers and toothpick holders. To purchase, contact Cliff Ruesink, 793-2375.

• Castlewood Blessings Center food pantry is located in the Shear Happiness Salon building next to the post office on Main Street. The center will be open July 11 and July 25. The normal schedule of the first and third Sunday of each month will resume in August. Hours are from 2 to 4 p.m. Click here for guidelines.

• For a directory of local businesses, click here.

• Castlewood School
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