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We would like to provide the residents of  Castlewood  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Castlewood Home page. The Castlewood Home page provides as much information as possible on Castlewood. Knowing Castlewood’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Castlewood’s Home page, you will also find Castlewood’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Castlewood has a population of 1315. 51% of Castlewood’s inhabitants are Male, and 49 are female. 49.9% of Castlewood is married and 66.6% own their own home. The Average Home price is $107,222, and the average rent is $635. Household median income in Castlewood is $43,871, and the individual median income is $22,695. Castlewood’s Ethnic is the following: White(99.9%), Multiple(0.1%).


It was originally named Castle's Wood's, as the land in the immediate area had once belonged to Jacob Castle, a frontiersman in the likes of Daniel Boone. Castle purchased the land from the Shawnee Indians, for very little in trade. It is reported that the purchase was made with the Shawnee Indians for a "hound dog, a knife, and a shot of whiskey.


As a "Long Hunter", he spent long periods of time in the wilderness on hunting expeditions. There he befriended the Indians that inhabited the land in the Castlewood area. He married a Shawnee woman by the name of Gliding Swan, and they produced many children. It has been said that Castle himself showed Daniel Boone the Cumberland Gap and areas west, which led to Boone's expedition and settlement of said lands.


Many descendants of Castle reside in Russell County, Virginia and the surrounding area. Castle's father, Peter Cassell was a German emigrant to Pennsylvania who was influential in the Dutch movement to America. The name was modified to Castlewood by the United States Postal Service in the late 1800s, as a simplification of the original spelling and pronunciation, which was common during this time period. The Castlerun Historic District and Mason-Dorton School are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.


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