Magueyes, Corozal, Puerto Rico
Magueyes | |
|---|---|
Barrio | |
 A view of Magueyes from Cuchillas in Corozal | |
 Location of Magueyes within the municipality of Corozal shown in red | |
  Magueyes Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°16′34″N 66°22′09″W / 18.276218°N 66.369105°W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Corozal |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.97 sq mi (5.1 km2) |
| • Land | 1.97 sq mi (5.1 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,499 ft (457 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 363 |
| • Density | 184.3/sq mi (71.2/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
Magueyes (Barrio Magueyes) is a rural barrio in the municipality of Corozal, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 363.[3][4][5]
Features and demographics
Magueyes has 1.97 square miles (5.1 km2) of land area and no water area. In 2010, its population was 363 with a population density of 184.3 inhabitants per square mile (71.2/km2).
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 849 | — | |
| 1910 | 503 | −40.8% | |
| 1920 | 725 | 44.1% | |
| 1930 | 580 | −20.0% | |
| 1940 | 651 | 12.2% | |
| 1950 | 735 | 12.9% | |
| 1980 | 266 | — | |
| 1990 | 263 | −1.1% | |
| 2000 | 295 | 12.2% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[6] 1899 (shown as 1900)[7] 1910-1930[8] 1930-1950[9] 1980-2000[10] 2010[11] | |||
History
Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became a territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States conducted its first census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Magueyes barrio was 849.[13]
Sectors
Barrios (which are like minor civil divisions)[14] in turn are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores (sectors in English). The types of sectores may vary, from normally sector to urbanización to reparto to barriada to residencial, among others.[15][16][17]
The following sectors are in Magueyes barrio:[18]
Sector Capilla, Sector Escuela, Sector Grego Meléndez, Sector Lechería, Sector Los Carros, and Sector Los González.
Features
PR-568 is the main north-south road through Magueyes.[19]
See also
References
- ^ a b "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Magueyes barrio
- ^ Picó, Rafael; Buitrago de Santiago, Zayda; Berrios, Hector H. Nueva geografía de Puerto Rico: física, económica, y social, por Rafael Picó. Con la colaboración de Zayda Buitrago de Santiago y Héctor H. Berrios. San Juan Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,1969.
- ^ Gwillim Law (20 May 2015). Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. McFarland. p. 300. ISBN 978-1-4766-0447-3. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- ^ Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
- ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- ^ "Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899". War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico. Archived from the original on July 16, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- ^ "Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- ^ "Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 30, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
- ^ "Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 24, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- ^ Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau. 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
- ^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- ^ Joseph Prentiss Sanger; Henry Gannett; Walter Francis Willcox (1900). Informe sobre el censo de Puerto Rico, 1899, United States. War Dept. Porto Rico Census Office (in Spanish). Imprenta del gobierno. p. 161.
- ^ "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)". Puerto Rico Budgets (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ Rivera Quintero, Marcia (2014), El vuelo de la esperanza: Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997-2004 (first ed.), San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón, ISBN 978-0-9820806-1-0
- ^ "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ "PRECINTO ELECTORAL COROZAL 072" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ "P.L. 94-171 VTD/SLD Reference Map 001 (2010 Census): Corozal Municipio, PR" (PDF). www2.census.gov. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
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