Espinosa, Dorado, Puerto Rico

Espinosa
Barrio
Flowered flamboyant in Espinosa
Location of Espinosa within the municipality of Dorado shown in red
Espinosa
Coordinates: 18°23′52″N66°17′31″W / 18.397892°N 66.291915°W / 18.397892; -66.291915 [1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Dorado
Area [1]
• Total	3.18 sq mi (8.2 km2)
• Land	3.17 sq mi (8.2 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Elevation [2]	344 ft (105 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	4,534
• Density	1,430.3/sq mi (552.2/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)
ZIP Code	00646

Espinosa is a barrio in the municipality of Dorado, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 4,534. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Sectors

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions) ^[6] 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. ^{[7] [8] [9]}

The following sectors are in Espinosa barrio: ^[10]

Apartamentos Altos de Miraflores, Comunidad Fortuna Comunidad La PRRA, Comunidad Río Nuevo, Parcelas Kuilan, PR-2 stretch (both sides between kilometers 25.4 and 28.0), Reparto Del Valle, Sector Abayarde, Sector Concepción, Sector Cuba Libre, Sector Guarisco, Sector Jácana, Sector Kuilan, Sector La Línea, Sector Laguna I y II,Sector Los Morales, Sector Mavito, Sector Reparto Dorado, Sector Rodríguez, Sector Romanes, Sector Silverio Mojica (Chícharo), Sector Tiburón, Urbanización Golden Hills, Urbanización Haciendas de Dorado, Urbanización Los Montes, Urbanización Miraflores, Urbanización Monte Bello, Urbanización Monte Mar, Urbanización Monte Mayor, Urbanización Monte Real, Urbanización Monte Sol, Urbanización Monte Verde, Urbanización Palmar Dorado, and Urbanización Valle Dorado.

Antigua Escuela Teresa Préstamo, an elementary school was located in the Mavito sector of Espinosa barrio ^[10] until its closure in 2018.

History

Espinosa was in Spain's gazetteers ^[11] 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 Espinosa barrio was 787. ^[12]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	787		—
1910	776		−1.4%
1920	994		28.1%
1930	1,206		21.3%
1940	1,414		17.2%
1950	1,813		28.2%
1960	2,002		10.4%
1970	2,603		30.0%
1980	2,863		10.0%
1990	3,150		10.0%
2000	3,222		2.3%
2010	4,534		40.7%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900) [13] 1910-1930 [14] 1930-1950 [15] 1980-2000 [16] 2010 [17]

Drug trafficking has been an issue in Puerto Rico for many years ^[18] and in early 1990, $43 million dollars in cash was found buried in plastic barrels, thought to have been deposited by drug smugglers for later retrieval. The sudden wealth of a few residents attracted attention and prompted an investigation by FBI and local police. ^[19] By May 1990, the FBI had traced $11 million and seized and confiscated property and goods purchased with the money, which was said to belong to drug lord Ramon Torres Gonzalez. FBI stated the money was located on his farm in the Tiburón sector of Espinosa in Dorado and filed charges shortly after. ^{[20] [21]}

Gallery

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  Puerto Rico Highway 677 in Espinosa
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  Puerto Rico Highway 679 in Espinosa

See also

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

References

1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Espinosa 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. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
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 20 February 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
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8. 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
9. "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
10. "PRECINTO ELECTORAL DORADO 015" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 November 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
11. "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.
12. Sanger, Joseph Prentiss; Gannett, Henry; Willcox, Walter Francis (1900). Informe sobre el censo de Puerto Rico, 1899, United States. War Dept. Porto Rico Census Office (in Spanish). Imprenta del gobierno. p.  161. Archived from the original on 15 November 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
13. "Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899". War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico. Archived from the original on 16 July 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
14. "Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 August 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
15. "Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 August 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
16. "Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
17. 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 20 February 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
18. "58 Indicted For Drug Trafficking in La Trocha Ward, Vega Baja". DEA.gov. 25 November 2008. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
19. Lemoyne, James (18 April 1990). "Talk of a Puerto Rico Town: Buried Treasure, No Kidding". NYT. Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
20. "FBI Seizes Houses, Cars, Trucks Bought with Buried Drug Treasure". AP NEWS. 11 May 1990. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
21. "UNITED STATES v. TORRES GONZALEZ". Findlaw. 3 June 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

External links

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