Pasadena, Texas
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| Nickname : Strawberry Capitol | |
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| Location in Texas | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1893 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Texas |
| County : | Harris County |
| Coordinates : | 29 ° 41 ′ N , 95 ° 10 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 149,043 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 1,302.8 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 115.3 km 2 (approx. 45 mi 2 ) of which 114.4 km 2 (approx. 44 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 9.1 m |
| Postcodes : | 77501-77506 |
| Area code : | +1 713, 281, 832 |
| FIPS : | 48-56000 |
| GNIS ID : | 1343631 |
| Website : | www.ci.pasadena.tx.us |
| Mayor : | Johnny Isbell |
Pasadena is a city southeast of Houston in Harris County , Texas in the United States . It is the county's second largest city, the fifteenth largest in the state, and the 159th largest city in the United States. It was founded in 1893 by John H. Burnett and named Pasadena because of its vegetation at the time, which was similar to that in Pasadena, California .
According to the United States Census 2000 , Pasadena has 141,674 residents. It has the largest of all community volunteer fire departments in the United States, the Pasadena Volunteer Fire Department . The city's economy is closely tied to the nearby Houston Ship Canal and associated industrial areas, as well as NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in adjacent Clear Lake City .
history
It is believed that the first inhabitants of the area were the cannibalistic Karankawa Indians, who then lived on the entire American Gulf Coast.
- Texas birthplace
Pasadena is near the site of the last battle of the Texas War of Independence , which took place on April 21, 1836. The Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna was captured at Vince's Bayou . A memorial to this battle known as the San Jacinto Monument is located in La Porte on the Houston Ship Canal . Since this was the last conflict that led to the Mexican surrender, the area around Pasadena and its neighboring town Deer Park is known as the "Birthplace of Texas".
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1930 | 1647 | - | |
| 1940 | 3436 | 108.6% | |
| 1950 | 22,483 | 554.3% | |
| 1960 | 58,737 | 161.3% | |
| 1970 | 89,277 | 52% | |
| 1980 | 112,560 | 26.1% | |
| 1990 | 119,604 | 6.3% | |
| 2000 | 141,674 | 18.5% | |
| 2010 | 149.043 | 5.2% | |
| 1930-2000, 2010 | |||
Sons of the city
- Mark Blankfield (born 1950), actor
- Jacob Green (born 1957), American football player
- Thomas Walkup (* 1992), basketball player
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Texas Almanac (PDF file; 1.13 MB). Retrieved October 4, 2012
- ↑ US Census ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved October 16, 2012
Web links
- Pasadena in the Handbook of Texas (Engl.)
- Statistics Pasadena, Tx (Engl.)