Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Rocklin, CA

Rocklin is a city in Placer County about 22 miles northeast of Sacramento, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada along Interstate 80.

Rocklin's original inhabitants were the Nisenan, also called the Southern Maidu, whose winter villages dotted the oak woodlands around Secret Ravine.

Rocklin's roots lie in Gold Rush mining at Secret Ravine, where the 1860 census counted 440 residents, most of them Irish immigrant miners.

Rocklin was named by the Central Pacific Railroad, which reached Secret Ravine in 1864 and named the stop after its granite quarry, using the site as a refueling and water stop on the transcontinental line.

Rocklin's granite quarries became a major industry, and the city still celebrates its heritage of 'Rock, Rails and Ranches' at the Rocklin History Museum.

Rocklin was incorporated on February 24, 1893, after voters approved cityhood by a majority of 48 votes out of 182 cast.

Rocklin attracted Finnish immigrants beginning in the 1870s, and Spanish settlers arriving by way of Hawaii in the early 20th century.

Much of modern Rocklin covers the Spring Valley Ranch, a sheep ranch established by George Whitney in 1857 that later became one of the largest ranching operations in the region.

Rocklin stayed a small railroad and quarry town for most of a century — just 7,344 people in 1980 — before exploding to 71,601 residents by the 2020 census.

Rocklin has about 25,951 households, with an average of about 2.78 people per household.