On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Pasadena Hills is more historic than 9% of U.S. towns, #368 of 638 in Florida. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Pasadena Hills’ overall grade.
Few Florida towns list much on the Register (a typical Florida town has 0.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Pasadena Hills’ 0.0 sits below most of its state (33% of Florida towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share (±0.6 points) is firm at this size.
Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Pasadena Hills’ past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.
Hamlets and corners on the map
Cunningham EstatesFort King AcresLake Pasadena HeightsOrange Grove VillasPasadena Shores
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Pasadena Hills
Chapel Hill GardensSmithWilliams
Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The story so far
Pasadena Hills, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Pasadena Hills yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Pasadena Hills is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Pasco County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, Pasadena Hills had a population of 11,120. The community was originally planned in 1925.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 7,570 to 11,120 (+47%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
By decade
No old photos in the archives yet
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Pasadena Hills. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1960Dade City sheet · 1:24,000
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Pasadena Hills.
Famous people
Famous people close to Pasadena Hills
Nobody well known was born in Pasadena Hills itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Pasadena Hills is more historic than 9% of U.S. towns, #368 of 638 in Florida. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Pasadena Hills?
0.5% of Pasadena Hills’ homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 0.6% for a Florida town; the median home was built in 2003.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
