Blood, Trauma, and Biohazard Cleanup in Acton, CA

Acton is an unincorporated census-designated place in northern Los Angeles County, tucked into the Sierra Pelona Mountains along Highway 14 near the Antelope Valley.

Acton began as a railroad construction camp from 1873 to 1876, while crews were building the Saugus-to-Mojave section of the Southern Pacific Railroad.

Acton was formally founded in 1887 by gold miners working the Red Rover Mine, and one of the miners named it after Acton, Massachusetts.

Acton's best-known mines, the Red Rover and the Governor, produced gold, copper and titanium ore into the early 1900s.

Acton was once in the running to become California's state capital — Governor Henry T. Gage, who owned the Governor Mine, pushed to relocate the capital there, but the effort failed and Sacramento kept the title.

Acton's first hotel and first saloon, the 49er, opened in 1889 and is still in business today.

Acton keeps a deliberate rural Western theme, with homes and commercial buildings styled after the Old West and some historic structures dating back to the late 1800s.

Acton had 7,431 residents at the 2020 census, spread across about 39 square miles at a density of roughly 189 people per square mile — exceptionally spacious by Los Angeles County standards.

Acton has about 2,700 households, and more than nine in ten of its homes — about 92% — are owner-occupied.

Acton students attend Meadowlark Elementary School, High Desert Middle School and Vasquez High School in the Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District.