Editing Castlewood, South Dakota (section)

==History==
Castlewood was [[plat]]ted in 1881 when the railroad was extended to that point.<ref name="history">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA53 |title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways |author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company |year=1908 |page=53}}</ref> The city was named Castlewood after a place mentioned in the 1857 novel ''[[The Virginians]]'' by [[William Makepeace Thackeray]].<ref name="history" /> A post office has been in operation in Castlewood since September 27, 1882.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=SD&county=Hamlin |title=Hamlin County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=February 28, 2015}}</ref>

A destructive EF2 tornado hit the town on [[Tornadoes of 2022#May 12|May 12, 2022]], destroying several structures, damaging homes, and injuring one person.<ref name="0512ABR">{{cite report|author=National Weather Service in Aberdeen, South Dakota|title=NWS Damage Survey for 05/12/22 Tornado Event|url=https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=PNSABR&e=202205140054|publisher=Iowa Environmental Mesonet|date=May 13, 2022|accessdate=May 13, 2022}}</ref>