Crown Hill Cemetery

Permanent settlement of this area began about 1891. Lot sales in the new town of Pasadena began in 1893, and the town was officially platted three years later. The first recorded burials in this vicinity occurred about 1894, although the exact locations of the graves are unknown. This graveyard, originally known as Pasadena Cemetery and the town's only community burial ground, was established in 1906 on a knoll overlooking Vince's Bayou and Buffalo Bayou. The first person buried here was E. P. Pomeroy, who died on October 24, 1906. Those interred here include many of Pasadena's early settlers and community leaders, and veterans of the Civil War, the Spanish American War, World War I, and World War II. The graveyard became known as Crown Hill Cemetery following World War I, possibly as a result of its proximity to the Crown Central Refinery. It has also been referred to as the Mexican Cemetery due to the numbers of Mexican-American farmers who were interred here beginning in the 1920s. Although surrounded by 20th-century industrial development, this cemetery survives as a link to the area's pioneer heritage.

Crown Hill Cemetery is a historical marker in Pasadena, Harris County, dedicated in 1990. It is one of 422 historical markers documented in Harris County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 849 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.7210, -95.2202 near Pasadena. The nearest cataloged historic site is Allen Ranch (historical marker), about 0.6 miles away. Others within a short drive include unknown grave (SE Galina Park, S. of Clinton Dr.), Pasadena, and Pasadena Independent School District.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5201010643. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.