Castle Rock, Maine

Castle Rock is a small New England mill town in Maine that has served as a nexus for paranormal, supernatural, and metaphysical events. The town shares a border with Chester's Mill, though the boundary became blocked by an invisible barrier on Dome Day. It is the county seat of Castle County, although according to "It Grows On You" it didn't acqiure this status until sometime after the late 1920s; at least until that point, Lackery was the county seat.

The population of Castle Rock was 1,280 by 1959 and around 1,500 as of 1991. A roadsign existing by 1982 established that Castle Rock was 37 miles from Portland and 188 miles from Boston, Massachusetts. The town is situated to the south of Mexico, Rumford, and Motton in the center of Oxford County.

Works Associated with Castle Rock

Novels set in Castle Rock

• Bag of Bones
• Cujo
• The Dead Zone
• Needful Things
• The Dark Half
• Lisey's Story
• Elevation

Novellas set in Castle Rock

• The Body
• The Sun Dog
• Gwendy's Button Box

Short Stories set in Castle Rock

• "It Grows On You"
• "The Man in the Black Suit"
• "Uncle Otto's Truck"
• "Premium Harmony"

Works that reference Castle Rock

• 11/22/63
• Doctor Sleep
• Creepshow
• Gerald's Game
• Gramma
• Graveyard Shift
• It
• Kingdom Hospital
• Mrs. Todd's Shortcut
• Nona
• Pet Sematary
• One on One
• Riding the Bullet
• Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
• The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
• The Stand
• The Mist
• Under the Dome
• "A Good Marriage"
• N.

Residents of Castle Rock

• George Bannerman (deceased)
• Thad Beaumont (deceased)
• Brett Camber
• Joe Camber (deceased)
• Evelyn "Aunt Evvie" Chalmers
• Patricia "Polly" Chalmers
• Chris Chambers (deceased)
• Andy Clutterbuck
• Nettie Cobb (deceased)
• Frank Dodd (deceased)
• Teddy Duchamp (deceased)
• Wilma Jerzyck (deceased)
• Danforth "Buster" Keeton (deceased)
• Gordie LaChance
• Lisey Landon
• Scott Landon
• George McCutcheon (deceased)
• Reginald "Pop" Merrill (deceased)
• John "Ace" Merrill (deceased)
• Alan Pangborn
• Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding
• Norris Ridgewick
• Brian Rusk (deceased)
• Otto Schenck (deceased)
• Vern Tessio (deceased)
• Donna Trenton
• Tad Trenton (deceased)
• Gwendy Peterson
• Carol Dunbarger (deceased)
• Etta Ringgold (deceased)

Notable Sites In and Around Castle Rock

• Castle Rock High School
• Castle Rock Middle School
• Castle Rock Elementary School
• Castle Rock Bake Shop
• Castle Rock Diner
• Castle View Recreational Park
• Castle Lake
• Stimmer's Brook
• Carbine Street
• Juniper Hill
• Homeland Cemetery
• Needful Things
• Shawshank Penitentiary
• The Emporium Galorium
• The Mellow Tiger
• Town Common Bandstand
• The Bend
• Castle Rock State Park