Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Roseburg, OR

Roseburg is the most populous city in and the county seat of Douglas County, Oregon, located in the Umpqua River Valley along both sides of the South Umpqua River and traversed by Interstate 5.

The city was founded in 1851 and named for settler Aaron Rose, who established a homestead within the current city limits on September 23, 1851, and it was first known as Deer Creek, at the confluence of Deer Creek and the South Umpqua River, with the Deer Creek post office established in 1852, the name changed to Roseburgh in 1857 and the spelling changed to Roseburg in 1894.

In 1854 voters chose Roseburg as the county seat over rival town Winchester, and Rose donated 3 acres of land and 1,000 dollars for the county courthouse, with Winchester's important buildings moved to Roseburg before 1860.

Roseburg was incorporated by the Oregon Legislative Assembly on October 3, 1872.

At the 2020 census Roseburg had a population of 23,683, with 9,961 households and a median age of 42.1 years.

Roseburg grew from 835 people in 1860 to 4,738 in 1910, then to 20,017 in 2000 and 21,181 in 2010 before reaching 23,683 in 2020.

Roseburg's fortunes grew with the lumber industry, as Roseburg Lumber opened in 1937 under founder Kenneth Ford and became the community's major employer, and by the 1970s Roseburg branded itself as the Timber Capital of the Nation, while today it is home to Roseburg Forest Products, which spans five states and two countries.

Country singer Johnny Cash mythologized Roseburg loggers in his 1960 song Lumberjack, which opens with a train ride to Roseburg.

On August 7, 1959, an explosives truck parked near Oak and Pine streets exploded in what is known as the Roseburg Blast, destroying buildings in an eight-block radius, severely damaging 30 more blocks, killing fourteen people, and injuring 125.

Umpqua Community College, near Roseburg, was the site of a shooting on October 1, 2015, in which nine people were killed and nine others were injured.