Unattended Death and Biohazard Cleanup in Crockett, CA

Crockett is an unincorporated census-designated place in Contra Costa County, sitting on the Carquinez Strait about 28 miles northeast of San Francisco.

Crockett stands on land that was part of Rancho El Pinole, a Mexican land grant held by Ygnacio Martinez, and it is named after Joseph B. Crockett, a judge of the California Supreme Court.

The town began when Thomas Edwards Sr. bought 1,800 acres from Judge Crockett in 1866, built his home there in 1867 and opened Crockett's first general store.

Edwards' home, known as The Old Homestead, still stands and is California Historical Landmark No. 731, recognized as the first American home built in Crockett, with some of its timbers brought around Cape Horn.

A post office opened in 1883 under the name Crockettville and was renamed Crockett later the same year.

Crockett is the corporate home of C&H Sugar, whose refinery was founded in 1906, employs more than 450 people and produces about 14% of the nation's cane sugar.

In the 1920s some 95% of Crockett's residents worked for C&H Sugar, and the company town became popularly known as Sugartown.

The 2020 census counted 3,242 people in Crockett, up from 3,094 in 2010, packed into a CDP of just 1.1 square miles.

Crockett students attend schools in the John Swett Unified School District, including Carquinez Middle School and John Swett High School, and the town's former railroad station now houses the Crockett Historical Society.