Palmarejo, Corozal, Puerto Rico

For other uses, see Palmarejo.

Palmarejo
Barrio
Plantain cultivation in Palmarejo
Location of Palmarejo within the municipality of Corozal shown in red
Palmarejo Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°19′45″N66°17′32″W / 18.329171°N 66.292102°W / 18.329171; -66.292102 [1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Corozal
Area [1]
• Total	3.86 sq mi (10.0 km2)
• Land	3.86 sq mi (10.0 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation [2]	735 ft (224 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	6,068
• Density	1,572/sq mi (607/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

Palmarejo is a rural barrio with an urban zone in the municipality of Corozal, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 6,068. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

History

Palmarejo 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 Palmarejo barrio was 901. ^[7]

Features and demographics

Palmarejo has 3.86 square miles (10.0 km²) of land area and no water area. In 2010, its population was 6,068 with a population density of 1,572 inhabitants per square mile (607/km²).

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	901		—
1910	1,182		31.2%
1920	1,177		−0.4%
1930	1,505		27.9%
1940	1,954		29.8%
1950	2,414		23.5%
1960	2,433		0.8%
1970	2,799		15.0%
1980	3,985		42.4%
1990	5,299		33.0%
2000	5,856		10.5%
2010	6,068		3.6%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900) [8] 1910-1930 [9] 1930-1950 [10] 1980-2000 [11] 2010 [12]

PR-164 is the main east-west road through Palmarejo. ^[13]

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  Puerto Rico Highway 803 in Palmarejo

Mavilla Bridge

Further information: Mavilla Bridge

A bridge listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Puerto Rico is between Palmarejo barrio and Abras barrio, also in Corozal. ^[14]

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  Mavilla Bridge (Ca. 2024)

Sectors

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to 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 Palmarejo barrio: ^[19]

Barriada Decene, Calle Juana Santiago, Parcelas Guarico, Parcelas Julián Marrero, Sector Alejo Rosado, Sector Alturas de Corozal, Sector Chary, Sector Cheo Marrero, Sector Club de Leones, Sector Corozal Hills, Sector Cuchillas, Sector Dolores Cosme, Sector El Convento, Sector El Picuíto, Sector El Pomito, Sector El Rancho, Sector Félix Padilla, Sector Guarico, Sector Juana Santiago, Sector La Buruquena, Sector La Gallera, Sector La Mina, Sector Los Fonseca, Sector Los Llanos, Sector Los Negrones, Sector Los Nieves (from cemetery to La Gallera), Sector Los Panzardi, Sector Los Rojas, Sector Luis Collazo, Sector Marrero, Sector Pancho Febus, Sector Pomo Rodríguez, Sector Tom Rolón, Sector Toño Patente, Urbanización Estancias de Palmarejo, Urbanización Los Policías, and Urbanización María del Carmen.

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.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Palmarejo 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.
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. "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.
9. "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.
10. "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.
11. "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.
12. 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.
13. "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.
14. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mavilla Bridge". National Park Service . Retrieved June 2, 2019. With accompanying pictures
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). 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). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
19. "PRECINTO ELECTORAL COROZAL 072" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2020.

External links

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