Perchas, Morovis, Puerto Rico

Perchas
Barrio
Homes perched on mountainside in Perchas on PR-155 near Km 35.5
Location of Perchas within the municipality of Morovis shown in red
Perchas Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°16′40″N66°24′14″W / 18.277685°N 66.403849°W / 18.277685; -66.403849 [1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Morovis
Area [1]
• Total	2.71 sq mi (7.0 km2)
• Land	2.71 sq mi (7.0 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation [2]	1,273 ft (388 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	1,336
• Density	493/sq mi (190/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)
Zip code	00687
Area code	787

Perchas is a barrio in the municipality of Morovis, Puerto Rico. Perchas has about 11 sectors and its population in 2010 was 1,336. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Puerto Rico Highway 155 from Perchas in Morovis takes one to the adjoining municipality of Orocovis.

History

The barrio 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 Perchas barrio was 1,124. ^[7]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	1,124		—
1910	1,428		27.0%
1920	1,615		13.1%
1930	1,242		−23.1%
1940	1,434		15.5%
1950	1,091		−23.9%
1960	1,204		10.4%
1980	942		—
1990	1,343		42.6%
2000	1,354		0.8%
2010	1,336		−1.3%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900) [8] 1910-1930 [9] 1930-1950 [10] 1980-2000 [11] 2010 [12]

Hurricane Maria on September 20, 2017, caused a landslide in Perchas that caused a huge rock to teeter above Puerto Rico Highway 155, threatening homes, infrastructure and motorists. Six months later, a controlled implosion was used to disintegrate the huge rock in order for the area to be cleared of the threat. ^{[13] [14]}

Residents of bordering barrios then had to traverse through Perchas to reach Pueblo because over 90% of the roads were blocked by debris due to landslides and destruction to infrastructure. ^[15]

Sectors

Further information: List of barrios and sectors of Morovis, Puerto Rico

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions) ^[16] 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. ^{[17] [18] [19]}

The following sectors are in Perchas barrio: ^[20]

Sector Adrovet, Sector Arraijanes, Sector El Castillo, Sector El Zapato, Sector Los Naranjos, Sector Los Santos, Sector Perchas Díaz, Sector Perchas Quirós, Sector Perchas, Sector El Radar, ^[21] and Tramo Carretera 155 .

Gallery

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  Sign in Perchas, Puerto Rico Highway 155, Km 35.9

See also

• Puerto Rico portal

• List of communities in Puerto Rico

References

1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Perchas 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 2018-12-26. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
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 2019-01-15.
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. Archived from the original on 2012-11-15. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
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. "Así fue la implosión del bolo en Morovis". Primera Hora (in Spanish). 25 July 2018. Archived from the original on 23 June 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
14. "Situación en PR-155 de Morovis "no es tan fácil como sacar una piedra"" [Situation on PR Highway 155 in Morovis not as simple as just removing a rock]. El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). 28 March 2018. Archived from the original on 23 June 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
15. ""Estaba asustada, pidiéndole a papito Dios que pudiéramos cruzar el río para ver a nuestra familia"" ["We were scared, asking dear God that we be able to cross the river to see our family"]. El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). 2018-09-18. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
16. "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
17. "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.
18. 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
19. "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 September 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
20. "PRECINTO ELECTORAL MOROVIS 020" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
21. "Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica". Twitter. Retrieved 28 January 2022.

External links

• Media related to Perchas at Wikimedia Commons