Back باسادينا Arabic باسادينا ARZ پاسادنا، تکزاس AZB Пасадэна (Тэхас) BE Pasadena (Texas) Catalan Пасадена (Техас) CE Pasadena (lungsod sa Tinipong Bansa, Texas) CEB پاسێدینا CKB Pasadena (Texas) Czech Pasadena, Texas CY
Pasadena, Texas | |
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City | |
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| Motto: "Enriched by our Heritage. Inspired by our Future." | |
 Location in Harris County and the state of Texas | |
| Coordinates: 29°40′34″N 95°10′26″W / 29.67611°N 95.17389°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Harris |
| Founded | 1893 |
| Incorporated | December 22, 1923 and December 26, 1928 |
| Named for | Pasadena, California |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor-Council |
| • Mayor | Jeff Wagner |
| • City Council | Ornaldo Ybarra Bruce Leamon Pat Van Houte Cody Ray Wheeler Cary Bass Sammy Casados Darrell Morrison |
| Area | |
• City | 44.74 sq mi (115.88 km2) |
| • Land | 43.68 sq mi (113.14 km2) |
| • Water | 1.06 sq mi (2.75 km2) |
| Elevation | 30 ft (9.1 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• City | 151,950 |
| • Density | 3,462.00/sq mi (1,336.69/km2) |
| • Metro | 5,628,101 |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes | 77501-77508, 77059 (Brookwood), 77586 (El Jardin) |
| Area code(s) | 713, 281, 346, and 832 |
| FIPS code | 48-56000[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1343631[3] |
| Website | www.pasadenatx.gov |
Pasadena (/ˌpæsəˈdiːnə/) is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, located in Harris County. It is part of the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city's population was 151,950,[4] making it the 23rd most populous city in Texas and the second most populous in Harris County, after Houston. The area was founded in 1893 by John H. Burnett of Galveston, who named the area after Pasadena, California, because of the perceived lush vegetation.[5][6]
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- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership Archived June 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Lee, Renée C. "Annexed Kingwood split on effects." Houston Chronicle. Sunday October 8, 2006. A21. Retrieved on July 6, 2011. "Some of the area communities that incorporated as cities and escaped annexation by Houston:" Print version exclusively has the information cited; the information is not included in the online edition.
- ^ Defazio, Dominic; DeFazio, Hem-Young (June 7, 2013). "Pasadena: California or Texas --- which came first?". Around Town Pasadena. Archived from the original on August 5, 2018. Retrieved August 4, 2018.