Unattended Death and Biohazard Cleanup in Stanton, CA

Stanton is a compact city of about 3.1 square miles in northern Orange County, bordered by Anaheim, Garden Grove and Cypress.

Stanton's land was once part of Rancho Los Nietos, the vast 1784 Spanish land grant made to Manuel Nieto that covered much of what is now northwestern Orange County and southeastern Los Angeles County.

Stanton was first incorporated in 1911 — and was then the largest city in Orange County by area — largely so residents could block the City of Anaheim from building a sewage farm on local ranch land.

Stanton is named for Phillip Ackley Stanton, a former Speaker of the California State Assembly who helped the community incorporate.

Stanton's first cityhood was short-lived: in 1924 residents voted to disincorporate so the state, rather than the city, would bear the cost of building roads.

Stanton incorporated a second time on June 4, 1956, after voters approved cityhood by a narrow 185-to-126 margin during the postwar west Orange County population boom.

Stanton had a population of 37,962 at the 2020 census, packing nearly 38,000 people into just over 3 square miles.

Stanton has about 12,712 households, with an average of about 3.08 people per household.

Stanton is one of Orange County's most diverse cities — the 2010 census found its population was about 50.8% Hispanic or Latino and about 23.1% Asian.

Stanton's flagship green space is Stanton Central Park, an roughly 11.5-acre park on Western Avenue with playgrounds, sports fields, a skate park and a splash pad that serves as the city's main community gathering place.