Cerro Gordo, Bayamón, Puerto Rico

Cerro Gordo is a barrio in the municipality of Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 31,508.[3][4][5]

Cerro Gordo
Barrio
Location of Cerro Gordo within the municipality of Bayamón shown in red
Cerro Gordo
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°21′42″N 66°10′23″W[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Bayamón
Area
 • Total4.31 sq mi (11.2 km2)
 • Land4.31 sq mi (11.2 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation128 ft (39 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total31,508
 • Density3,124.1/sq mi (1,206.2/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)

History

The United States took control of Puerto Rico from Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish-American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898. In 1899, the United States conducted its first census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Cerro Gordo barrio was 845.[6]

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See also

References
  1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cerro Gordo 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. 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.


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