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The following is a timeline of the [[Pasadena,_Texas#History|history]] of the city of [[Pasadena, Texas]], USA.
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==19th century==
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* 1893
** Settlement founded by businessman John H. Burnett.{{sfn|Hellmann|2006}}
** Schoolhouse established.<ref name=THCatlas />
* 1895 - Town of Pasadena incorporated.{{sfn|Hellmann|2006}}
* 1898 - [[Pasadena Independent School District]] established.<ref name=THCatlas />
* 1900 - [[1900 Galveston hurricane]].

==20th century==

* 1904 - Methodist church built.<ref name=THCatlas>{{cite web |url=https://atlas.thc.state.tx.us |title=Texas Historic Sites Atlas |publisher= [[Texas Historical Commission]] |location=Austin |access-date= April 14, 2017 }}</ref>
* 1917 - [[Sinclair Oil Corporation|Sinclair Oil]] refinery in business on former Allen Ranch (approximate date).<ref>{{cite book |author1=Betty Dooley Awbrey |author2=Stuart Awbrey |title=Why Stop?: A Guide to Texas Roadside Historical Markers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lGqz0EXI_8sC
|year= 2013 |edition=6th |publisher=[[Taylor Trade Publishing]] |isbn=978-1-58979-790-1 |page=363 |chapter=Pasadena }}</ref>{{timefact|date=April 2017}}
* 1922 - [[Harris County Public Library]] Pasadena branch opens.<ref>{{citation |url=http://ppltx.net/about/history/ |title=History of the Pasadena Public Library |publisher=Pasadena Public Library |access-date=April 14, 2017 }}</ref>
* 1924 - Pasadena High School built.<ref name=Pomeroy>{{cite web |title= Pasadena, TX |author= C. David Pomeroy, Jr. |work=Handbook of Texas Online |url= https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hdp02 |publisher= [[Texas State Historical Association]] |access-date= April 14, 2017 }}</ref>
* 1928 - City of Pasadena incorporated.{{sfn|Hellmann|2006}}
* 1930 - Population: 1,647.<ref name=TSHApop>{{citation |work=Texas Almanac |title= City Population History from 1850–2000: Pasadena |url=https://texasalmanac.com/topics/population |publisher=Texas State Historical Association }}</ref>
* 1937 - [[Champion International Paper|Champion Paper]] Mill begins operating.<ref>{{citation |title=Down goes a Pasadena landmark |date=May 6, 2008 |url=http://blog.chron.com/eastharris/2008/05/down-goes-a-pasadena-landmark/ |work=Houston Chronicle |series= Inside East Harris County |author= Carol Christian }}</ref><ref>{{citation |url=http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/science-environment/article/With-huge-damages-at-stake-trial-over-waste-pits-5803030.php |title=With huge damages at stake, trial over waste pits to begin |date=October 5, 2014 |work=Houston Chronicle }}</ref>
* 1939 - [[San Jacinto Monument]] erected near city.{{sfn|Hellmann|2006}}
* 1940 - Population: 3,436.<ref name=TSHApop />
* 1947 - KIKK [[List of radio stations in Texas|radio]] begins broadcasting.<ref name=Radio1963>{{citation |title=Radio Annual Television Year Book |oclc=10512375 |year=1963 |publisher= Radio Television Daily |location=New York |via=Internet Archive |chapter= AM Stations in the U.S.: Texas |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/ra00radi#page/516/mode/2up }} {{free access}}</ref>
* 1949 - Pasadena Livestock Show and Rodeo begins.
* 1950
** [[Washburn Tunnel]] opens.
** KLVL [[List of radio stations in Texas|radio]] begins broadcasting.<ref name=Radio1963 />
** Population: 22,483.<ref name=TSHApop />
* 1953 - Red Bluff Drive-In cinema in business.<ref name=cinema>{{cite web |url= http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/united-states/texas/pasadena?status=all |title=Movie Theaters in Pasadena, TX |work=CinemaTreasures.org |publisher= Cinema Treasures LLC |location=Los Angeles |access-date= April 14, 2017 }}</ref>
* 1960 - Population: 58,737.<ref name=TSHApop />
* 1961 - [[San Jacinto Junior College]] established.
* 1966 - Pasadena joins the regional [[Houston-Galveston Area Council]] of government (approximate date).{{timefact|date=April 2017}}
* 1970 - Population: 89,957.<ref name=TSHApop />
* 1971 - [[Gilley's Club]] (bar) in business.
* 1977 - Southmore Cinema in business.<ref name=cinema />
* 1981 - Johnny Isbell becomes mayor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ci.pasadena.tx.us/default.aspx?name=council_mayor |title=Office of the Mayor |publisher=City of Pasadena, Texas |access-date= April 14, 2017 }}</ref>
* 1989 - October 23: [[Phillips disaster of 1989]]; 23 employees killed.
* 1990 - Population: 119,363.<ref name=TSHApop />
* 1993 - [[Gene Green]] becomes [[U.S. representative]] for [[Texas's 29th congressional district]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Official Congressional Directory |title-link=Official Congressional Directory |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Government Printing Office |year= 1993 |chapter=Texas |hdl=2027/uc1.l0072691827?urlappend=%3Bseq=338 |chapter-url= https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.l0072691827?urlappend=%3Bseq=338 |via=[[HathiTrust]] }}</ref>

==21st century==

* 2010 - Population: 149,043.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045216/4856000 |title= Pasadena city, Texas |work=QuickFacts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=April 14, 2017 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Pasadena,_Texas#History|Pasadena history]]
* [[List of mayors of Pasadena, Texas]]
* [[History of the Galveston Bay Area]]
* Timelines of other [[List of cities in Texas by population|cities]] in the [[Southeast Texas]] area of Texas: [[Timeline of Austin, Texas|Austin]], [[Timeline of Beaumont, Texas|Beaumont]], [[Timeline of Houston|Houston]]

==References==
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==Bibliography==
{{Refbegin}}
* {{Citation 
|publisher = [[E.P. Dutton]] |location = New York |title = Encyclopedia of American Cities |url = https://archive.org/stream/encyclopediaofam00unib |ol=4120668M |editor=Ory Mazar Nergal |date = 1980 
|chapter= Pasadena, TX 
| ref = {{harvid|Nergal|1980}}
}}
* C. David Pomeroy, Jr. Pasadena: The Early Years (Pasadena, Texas: Pomerosa Press, 1994)
* {{cite book
|author=Paul T. Hellmann
|title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States
|year= 2006
|publisher=Taylor & Francis
|isbn=1-135-94859-3
|chapter= Texas: Pasadena
| ref = {{harvid|Hellmann|2006}}
}}
* {{citation |url=http://blog.chron.com/eastharris |work=Houston Chronicle |title= Inside East Harris County |author= Carol Christian }}. 2008-

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==External links==
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* {{cite web |url= https://texashistory.unt.edu/search/?q6=%22United%20States%20-%20Texas%20-%20Harris%20County%20-%20Pasadena%22&t6=dc_coverage&t3=untl_agent&src=ark&searchType=advanced |title=United States - Texas - Harris County - Pasadena |work= Portal to Texas History |publisher=University of North Texas Libraries |location=Denton }}
* [http://dp.la/search?page_size=100&q=Pasadena+Texas&utf8=✓ Items related to Pasadena, Texas], various dates (via [[Digital Public Library of America]])

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