South Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, it had a population of 24,292.
In 1875 the landowners of the area encompassing present-day Pasadena and South Pasadena voted to rename their association, Pasadena. In February 1888, members of the southern portion of Pasadena attempted to gain more control over their own property and a vote for incorporation was made. On 2 March 1888, the city of Sou...
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South Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, it had a population of 24,292.
In 1875 the landowners of the area encompassing present-day Pasadena and South Pasadena voted to rename their association, Pasadena. In February 1888, members of the southern portion of Pasadena attempted to gain more control over their own property and a vote for incorporation was made. On 2 March 1888, the city of South Pasadena was incorporated with a population slightly over 500 residents. It was chartered with roughly the same area as the current South Pasadena, about 3.44 square miles (8.91 square kilometers).
South Pasadena's first mayor was William Collier, whose sister, Margaret(a local socialite), later moved with him in the early 1890s to move to what's now south-central Riverside County(and the Lake Elsinore Valley) to establish a small town with her husband, local businessman Donald Collier;thus the Wildomar area was founded, now the 25th(and...
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