Crime Scene and Trauma Cleanup in Guadalupe, AZ

Guadalupe is an incorporated town in Maricopa County, Arizona, in the Phoenix metropolitan area, bordered by Phoenix to the west and by Tempe to the north, east and south.

The town was founded around 1900 by Yaqui Indians who had fled their homeland in Sonora, Mexico, to escape oppression under the government of Porfirio Díaz.

Guadalupe's motto, 'Where Three Cultures Flourish,' recognizes the town's roots in the Yaqui, Mexican and original farming families.

The town covers only about 0.8 square miles of land, all of it densely settled.

The 2020 census counted 5,322 residents in Guadalupe, down slightly from 5,523 in 2010.

The 2020 census recorded 1,395 households and 1,457 housing units in Guadalupe, with 4.3 percent of the housing units vacant.

In 2020, 58.7 percent of Guadalupe's residents were Hispanic or Latino and about a third were American Indian; the most reported ancestries were Mexican, at 51.8 percent, and Pascua Yaqui Tribe, at 29.3 percent.

Guadalupe is a center of Yaqui culture, and every Easter season Yaqui ceremonial rites blending Native traditions with Catholic teachings, including deer dances, are held in the town plaza, traditions dating back roughly 300 years.

The town also celebrates the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe and Día de los Muertos each year.

Guadalupe's cemetery was established in 1904 in the original townsite; although later annexation placed the land within Tempe, the cemetery is still administered by the Guadalupe Clerk's Office.