Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Pasadena Hills

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
–Not graded
History · Pasadena Hills

44% of Pasadena Hills’ homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1933 on and the census since 1940.

0on the National Register
44%homes built before 1940
Add an old photoShare a memory
Photo: Paul Sableman · CC BY 2.0

What stands out about Pasadena Hills’ past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Pasadena Hills are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 1,337 in 1970; 912 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of Pasadena Hills’ homes were built before 1943.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Pasadena Hills’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pasadena Hills’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
People over time

Pasadena Hills, census by census

02004006008001,0001,2001,40019401960198020002020Peak: 1,337

Peaked at 1,337 in 1970; 912 people lived here in 2020.

9 censuses, 1940–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Pasadena Hills’ Wikipedia page.

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 a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 census, Pasadena Hills had a population of 912. The entire city is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 930 in 2010, 912 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Pasadena Hills, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Pasadena Hills Historic District2016Pasadena Hills Historic DistrictPasadena Hills City Hall2016Pasadena Hills City Hall
On the map

Pasadena Hills on the map, 1933 to 1993

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Pasadena Hills. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Pasadena Hills on the 1933 USGS mapPasadena Hills on the 1941 USGS mapPasadena Hills on the 1954 USGS mapPasadena Hills on the 1968 USGS mapPasadena Hills on the 1974 USGS mapPasadena Hills on the 1993 USGS map1933Clayton 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.

See all →
Jenifer LewisAmerican actress · b. 1957
T
Tyron WoodleyAmerican mixed martial artist · b. 1982
Bob GaleAmerican screenwriter, producer and film direct… · b. 1951
Jane FromanAmerican actress · b. 1907
D
David SingmasterBritish mathematician · b. 1938
H
HueyAmerican rapper · b. 1987
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Pasadena ParkIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNormandy3 historic placesANorthwoodsIts storyC

Questions about Pasadena Hills’ history

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

Town Square →
Start a conversation
Sources

Where this page comes from

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). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (2), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.