Tejas, Las Piedras, Puerto Rico

Tejas is a barrio in the municipality of Las Piedras, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 9,488.[3][4][5]

Tejas
Barrio
Location of Tejas within the municipality of Las Piedras shown in red
Tejas
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°09′06″N 65°52′30″W[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Las Piedras
Area
  Total6.02 sq mi (15.6 km2)
  Land6.02 sq mi (15.6 km2)
  Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation653 ft (199 m)
Population
 (2010)
  Total9,488
  Density1,576.1/sq mi (608.5/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 Tejas barrio was 948. At that time, the municipality was called Piedras and the barrio was called Tejas Alto.[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: Tejas 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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