Cuchillas, Corozal, Puerto Rico

For other uses, see Cuchillas.

Cuchillas
Barrio
A home in the hills of Cuchillas
Location of Cuchillas within the municipality of Corozal shown in red
Cuchillas Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°17′40″N66°21′47″W / 18.294375°N 66.362952°W / 18.294375; -66.362952 [1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Corozal
Area [1]
• Total	2.69 sq mi (7.0 km2)
• Land	2.69 sq mi (7.0 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation [2]	1,549 ft (472 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	1,551
• Density	576.6/sq mi (222.6/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

Cuchillas is a rural barrio in the municipality of Corozal, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,551. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

History

Cuchillas 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 Cuchillas barrio was 585. ^[7]

Boundaries

Cuchillas is located in the northwestern section of Corozal. Cuchillas shares a border with Padilla, Negros, Palmarito and Magueyes, all barrios of Corozal as well as with Cuchillas in Morovis municipality. The Río Grande de Manatí runs along the southern border of Cuchillas, between Cuchillas and Magueyes and intersects with the Orocovis River. ^[8]

Features and demographics

Cuchillas has 2.69 square miles (7.0 km²) of land area and no water area. In 2010, its population was 1,551 with a population density of 576.6 inhabitants per square mile (222.6/km²). ^[9]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	585		—
1910	752		28.5%
1920	700		−6.9%
1930	971		38.7%
1940	1,139		17.3%
1950	1,300		14.1%
1960	1,432		10.2%
1980	1,167		—
1990	1,213		3.9%
2000	1,393		14.8%
2010	1,551		11.3%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900) [10] 1910-1930 [11] 1930-1950 [12] 1980-2000 [13] 2010 [14]

Sectors

Barrios (which are now like minor civil divisions) ^[15] 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. ^{[16] [17] [18]}

The following sectors are in Cuchillas barrio: ^[19]

Sector Berio, Sector Car Wash, Sector Collazo, Sector Guayabo, Sector Hormigas II, Sector La Pajona, Sector Los Cocos, Sector Los Indios, Sector Los Rosado, Sector Millo Santiago, Sector Siquín Morales, Sector Tivo Vázquez, and Sector Toñito Santiago.

See also

• Puerto Rico portal

• List of communities in Puerto Rico
• List of barrios and sectors of Corozal, Puerto Rico

References

1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government. Archived from the original on 2020-01-16. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cuchillas 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 2018-12-29.
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.  161.
8. Mapa de Municipios y Barrios - Corozal - Memoria Núm. 61 (PDF) (in Spanish). Junta de Planificación de Puerto Rico. 1955. p. 19.
9. 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 2018-12-29.
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.
15. "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
16. "Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)". Puerto Rico Budgets (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 June 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
17. 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
18. "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 September 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
19. "PRECINTO ELECTORAL COROZAL 072" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. 21 September 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 June 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.

External links

• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cuchillas barrio