Pasadena, Texas
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Pasadena is the second-largest city in Harris County, Texas and is within the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. As of the 2010 US Census the city's population was 149,043.
Incorporated in 1928, the area was founded in 1893 by John H. Burnett of Galveston, who named it after Pasadena, California because of the perceived lush vegetation.
Pasadena's economy became strongly tied to petroleum and other heavy industry. NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center was established near Pasadena in 1963 within the residential community of Clear Lake City, which is partially under Pasadena's jurisdiction.
The 1980 motion picture "Urban Cowboy" was filmed in and around the Pasadena area, and featured the city's famous honky-tonk bar Gilley's, which was co-owned by country music star Mickey Gilley.
Despite the fact that most people call this town Stink-a-dena, in reference to the many chemical plants to the city's north, it's actually a nice town even though it does have a reputation as a "ghetto" community.
Incorporated in 1928, the area was founded in 1893 by John H. Burnett of Galveston, who named it after Pasadena, California because of the perceived lush vegetation.
Pasadena's economy became strongly tied to petroleum and other heavy industry. NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center was established near Pasadena in 1963 within the residential community of Clear Lake City, which is partially under Pasadena's jurisdiction.
The 1980 motion picture "Urban Cowboy" was filmed in and around the Pasadena area, and featured the city's famous honky-tonk bar Gilley's, which was co-owned by country music star Mickey Gilley.
Despite the fact that most people call this town Stink-a-dena, in reference to the many chemical plants to the city's north, it's actually a nice town even though it does have a reputation as a "ghetto" community.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasadena,_Texas
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 29°38'19"N 95°6'30"W
- Texas City, Texas 15 km
- Baytown, Texas 22 km
- Hitchcock, Texas 29 km
- Dayton, Texas 56 km
- Houston, Texas 83 km
- Beaumont, Texas 105 km
- Port Arthur, Texas 108 km
- Orange, Texas 134 km
- Lafayette, Louisiana 299 km
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana 389 km
- Clear Lake Oil Field 2.2 km
- Baywoood 2.9 km
- City of Pasadena Parkland Preserve 3.6 km
- The Reserve at Clear Lake City 3.7 km
- Clear Point 4.3 km
- Ellington Airport (EFD/KEFD) 6.1 km
- Clear Lake City 6.6 km
- Clear Lake Super Neighborhood 81 7.1 km
- South Belt/Ellington Super Neighborhood 80 10 km
- Clear Creek 11 km