Palo Seco, Maunabo, Puerto Rico

Palo Seco is a barrio in the municipality of Maunabo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,270.[3][4][5]

Palo Seco
Barrio
Location of Palo Seco within the municipality of Maunabo shown in red
Palo Seco
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°00′15″N 65°56′17″W[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Maunabo
Area
  Total1.4 sq mi (4 km2)
  Land1.4 sq mi (4 km2)
  Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation197 ft (60 m)
Population
 (2010)
  Total1,270
  Density907.1/sq mi (350.2/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 Palo Seco barrio was 802.[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: Palo Seco 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. 163.


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