Crime Scene and Trauma Cleanup in Carmichael, CA

Carmichael is an unincorporated census-designated place in Sacramento County, a suburb of Sacramento with no city government of its own.

Carmichael was founded by developer Daniel W. Carmichael, who arrived in California in 1885 and in 1909 developed Carmichael Colony No. 1 on 2,000 acres of the former Rancho San Juan Mexican land grant.

Carmichael followed with Carmichael Colony No. 2, another 1,000 acres carved from the Rancho Del Paso land grant, bordered by Walnut Avenue, Arden Way, and Sutter Avenue.

Carmichael's population jumped from 4,499 in 1950 to 79,793 at the 2020 census, with about 31,200 households averaging roughly 2.4 people each.

Ancil Hoffman Park, a 396-acre park inside the American River Parkway in Carmichael, features the Effie Yeaw Nature Center, reconstructed Maidu Indian homes, and the Ancil Hoffman Golf Course.

Carmichael Park, the community's other major park at 38 acres, includes five baseball fields, six tennis courts, a nine-hole disc golf course, and the Veterans' Memorial Building.

Carmichael is home to Casa de los Gobernadores, a mansion built in 1974-1975 as the official residence of the Governor of California; it was never occupied by a governor and was sold to private owners in 1983.

Jesuit High School, a private all-boys Catholic college-preparatory school founded in 1963 on a roughly 50-acre campus in Carmichael, enrolls about 1,000 students from across the Sacramento Valley and fields the Marauders teams.

Carmichael students attend schools in the San Juan Unified School District, and the community is served by Mercy San Juan Medical Center, a regional trauma center.

Carmichael is home to one of Sacramento County's regional libraries, one of only two in the county library system according to the Carmichael Chamber of Commerce.