Timeline of Pasadena, Texas

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Pasadena, Texas, USA.

19th century

1893
- Settlement founded by businessman John H. Burnett.^[1]
- Schoolhouse established.^[2]
1895 - Town of Pasadena incorporated.^[1]
1898 - Pasadena Independent School District established.^[2]
1900 - 1900 Galveston hurricane.

1904 - Methodist church built.^[2]
1917 - Sinclair Oil refinery in business on former Allen Ranch (approximate date).^[3]^{[chronology citation needed]}
1922 - Harris County Public Library Pasadena branch opens.^[4]
1924 - Pasadena High School built.^[5]
1928 - City of Pasadena incorporated.^[1]
1930 - Population: 1,647.^[6]
1937 - Champion Paper Mill begins operating.^[7]^[8]
1939 - San Jacinto Monument erected near city.^[1]
1940 - Population: 3,436.^[6]
1947 - KIKK radio begins broadcasting.^[9]
1949 - Pasadena Livestock Show and Rodeo begins.
1950
- Washburn Tunnel opens.
- KLVL radio begins broadcasting.^[9]
- Population: 22,483.^[6]
1953 - Red Bluff Drive-In cinema in business.^[10]
1960 - Population: 58,737.^[6]
1961 - San Jacinto Junior College established.
1966 - Pasadena joins the regional Houston-Galveston Area Council of government (approximate date).^{[chronology citation needed]}
1970 - Population: 89,957.^[6]
1971 - Gilley's Club (bar) in business.
1977 - Southmore Cinema in business.^[10]
1981 - Johnny Isbell becomes mayor.^[11]
1989 - October 23: Phillips disaster of 1989; 23 employees killed.
1990 - Population: 119,363.^[6]
1993 - Gene Green becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 29th congressional district.^[12]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Hellmann 2006.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Texas Historic Sites Atlas". Austin: Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
^ Betty Dooley Awbrey; Stuart Awbrey (2013). "Pasadena". Why Stop?: A Guide to Texas Roadside Historical Markers (6th ed.). Taylor Trade Publishing. p. 363. ISBN 978-1-58979-790-1.
^ History of the Pasadena Public Library, Pasadena Public Library, retrieved April 14, 2017
^ C. David Pomeroy, Jr. "Pasadena, TX". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "City Population History from 1850–2000: Pasadena", Texas Almanac, Texas State Historical Association
^ Carol Christian (May 6, 2008), "Down goes a Pasadena landmark", Houston Chronicle, Inside East Harris County
^ "With huge damages at stake, trial over waste pits to begin", Houston Chronicle, October 5, 2014
^ ^a ^b "AM Stations in the U.S.: Texas", Radio Annual Television Year Book, New York: Radio Television Daily, 1963, OCLC 10512375 – via Internet Archive
^ ^a ^b "Movie Theaters in Pasadena, TX". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
^ "Office of the Mayor". City of Pasadena, Texas. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
^ "Texas". Official Congressional Directory. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1993. hdl:2027/uc1.l0072691827 – via HathiTrust.
^ "Pasadena city, Texas". QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 14, 2017.

Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Pasadena, TX", Encyclopedia of American Cities, New York: E.P. Dutton, OL 4120668M
C. David Pomeroy, Jr. Pasadena: The Early Years (Pasadena, Texas: Pomerosa Press, 1994)
Paul T. Hellmann (2006). "Texas: Pasadena". Historical Gazetteer of the United States. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 1-135-94859-3.
Carol Christian, "Inside East Harris County", Houston Chronicle. 2008-

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