Aguirre, Salinas, Puerto Rico

Aguirre
Barrio
Cayo Matias
Location of Aguirre within the municipality of Salinas shown in red
Aguirre Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 17°57′05″N66°15′01″W / 17.951438°N 66.250322°W / 17.951438; -66.250322 [1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Salinas
Area [1]
• Total	36.22 sq mi (93.8 km2)
• Land	19.49 sq mi (50.5 km2)
• Water	16.73 sq mi (43.3 km2)
Elevation [2]	3 ft (0.9 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	14,005
• Density	719.3/sq mi (277.7/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)
ZIP code	00704

Aguirre is a barrio in the municipality of Salinas, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 14,005. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

History

Aguirre was in Spain's gazetteers ^[6] until 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 an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Aguirre barrio was 1,291. ^[7]

Aguirre was once a municipality, until it was merged into Salinas during the 1990s. Before that, Aguirre was Puerto Rico's smallest municipality, a distinction now held by Cataño near San Juan.

The Central Aguirre Historic District was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

For many years, Aguirre's main economical support came from the Central Azucarera de Aguirre, a local sugar factory. Aguirre still has a "central" but this one is operated by the Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica de Puerto Rico, a government energy company. On Monday, July 25, 2016, there was a fire at the plant when there was an unnoticed petroleum leak. No one was injured, but the central's plants were unworkable for the following three weeks. ^[8]

Old building in Aguirre

The Central Azucarera de Aguirre was placed on the 2020 World Monuments Watch by the World Monuments Fund organization. The organization will use the site as a focal educational resource to train people in Puerto Rico on building with wood. ^[9]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	1,291		—
1910	3,996		209.5%
1920	5,807		45.3%
1930	6,796		17.0%
1940	7,811		14.9%
1950	9,152		17.2%
1960	8,645		−5.5%
1970	0		−100.0%
1980	8,772		—
1990	10,638		21.3%
2000	12,128		14.0%
2010	14,005		15.5%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900) [10] 1910-1930 [11] 1930-1950 [12] 1980-2000 [13] 2010 [14]

Transportation

Aguirre, like the rest of Salinas, is accessible by car and other wheeled vehicles through Puerto Rico Highway 1, which connects the country's two largest cities of San Juan and Ponce. The nearest commercial airport is Mercedita Airport in Ponce, while the nearest airport with multiple international flights is Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan.

See also

• Puerto Rico portal

• List of communities in Puerto Rico

References

1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government. Archived from the original on 2020-01-16. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Aguirre barrio
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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 2019-01-01.
6. "Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administración. 1881". Biblioteca Nacional de España (in Spanish). p. 1614. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
7. 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.  163.
8. Alvarado León, Gerardo E. (July 25, 2016). "Fuego causa nueva avería en la central Aguirre". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
9. "Central Aguirre Historic District". World Monuments Fund. Archived from the original on 2020-07-16. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
10. "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.
11. "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.
12. "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.
13. "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.
14. 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.