Pasadena (Texas)

Harris County

48-56000

Pasadena is a city southeast of Houston in Harris County, Texas in the United States. It is the second largest city of the county, the 15th largest in the state and the 159th largest city in the United States. It was founded in 1893 by John H. Burnett and called Pasadena because of their former vegetation was similar in Pasadena, California.

According to the census of 2000, Pasadena has 141 674 inhabitants. It has the largest of all local volunteer fire departments in the United States, the Pasadena Volunteer Fire Department. The city's economy is closely linked to the nearby Houston Ship Canal and the associated industrial areas, as well as with the NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in the bordering Clear Lake City.

History

It is believed that the first inhabitants of the area were the cannibalistic Karankawa Indians, who lived along the entire U.S. Gulf Coast at the time.

Pasadena is located near the site of the last battle of the Texas War of Independence, which took place on 21 April 1836. The Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna was captured at Vince 's Bayou. A monument to this battle, known as the San Jacinto Monument is located in La Porte on the ship channel from Houston. Since this was the last conflict that has led to the Mexican surrender, the area around Pasadena and its neighboring town of Deer Park is known as the " Birthplace of Texas ."