Garrochales, Barceloneta, Puerto Rico

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Garrochales
Barrio
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Sign for Boca and Garrochales on PR-2
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Location of Garrochales within the municipality of Barceloneta shown in red
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Garrochales
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°27′33″N66°34′09″W / 18.45924°N 66.56908°W / 18.45924; -66.56908 [1]
Commonwealth Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Municipality Flag of Barceloneta, Puerto Rico.svg Barceloneta
Area
[1]
  Total4.49 sq mi (11.6 km2)
  Land4.47 sq mi (11.6 km2)
  Water0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2)
Elevation
[2]
16 ft (5 m)
Population
 (2010)
  Total4,542
  Density423.7/sq mi (163.6/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zone UTC−4 (AST)

Garrochales is a barrio in the municipality of Barceloneta, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 4,542. [3] [4] [5]

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History

Garrochales 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 Garrochales barrio was 1,058. [7]

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1900 1,058
1910 1,77267.5%
1920 1,710−3.5%
1930 2,53148.0%
1940 3,14924.4%
1950 2,451−22.2%
1960 1,418−42.1%
1970 0−100.0%
1980 3,349
1990 2,947−12.0%
2000 5,20176.5%
2010 4,542−12.7%
U.S. Decennial Census
1899 (shown as 1900) [8] 1910-1930 [9]
1930-1950 [10] 1980-2000 [11] 2010 [12]

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References

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  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Garrochales barrio
  3. Picó, Rafael; Buitrago de Santiago, Zayda; Berrios, Hector H. (1969). 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.
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  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.  160.
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