Torrecillas, Morovis, Puerto Rico

Torrecillas is a barrio in the municipality of Morovis, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 623.[3][4][5]

Torrecillas
Barrio
High school in Torrecillas
Location of Torrecillas within the municipality of Morovis shown in red
Torrecillas
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°19′54″N 66°26′43″W[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Morovis
Government
 • MayorCarmen Maldonado González
Area
 • Total3.35 sq mi (8.7 km2)
 • Land3.35 sq mi (8.7 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation646 ft (197 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total623
 • Density186/sq mi (72/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)
Zip code
00687

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 Torrecillas barrio was 572.[6]

Hurricane Maria

Hurricane Maria hit on September 20, 2017, and six months later residents of one of Torrecillas' sectors reported that their community of about 300 residents were still without electrical power.[7]

Sectors

Barrios (which are like minor civil divisions)[8] 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.[9][10][11]

The following sectors are in Torrecillas barrio:[12]

Parcelas Extensión Torrecillas, Sector Cabachuelas II, Sector La Cuesta de los Guanos, Sector La Línea, Sector Las Lajas, Sector Ventana, Urbanización La Línea, and Urbanización Tulipanes.

  • PR-155 and PR-145 near Torrecillas Memorial Funeral home

See also

References
  1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Torrecillas 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.
  7. "Video of a community in Torrecillas in Morovis". El Vocero de Puerto Rico (in Spanish).
  8. "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  9. "Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)". Puerto Rico Budgets (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  10. 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
  11. "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  12. "PRECINTO ELECTORAL MOROVIS 020" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2020.


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