Pasadena is a city in the U.S. state of Texas within the
Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. It is the second-
largest city in Harris County, 15th-largest in Texas, and 159th
largest in the United States. The area was founded in 1893 by
John H. Burnett of Galveston. Burnett named the area after
Pasadena, California because he thought the vegetation was
similar. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the city's population was
141,674. As of 2007, it is estimated to be at 152,968. The
Pasadena Volunteer Fire Department is the largest all volunteer
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