Rincón, Gurabo, Puerto Rico

Rincón
Rincón
Barrio
	Puerto Rico Highway 30 in Rincón barrio
	Location of Rincón within the municipality of Gurabo shown in red
	Rincón Location of Puerto Rico
	Coordinates: 18°14′58″N 65°59′24″W / 18.249349°N 65.989993°W
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Gurabo
Area
• Total	5.44 sq mi (14.1 km2)
• Land	5.33 sq mi (13.8 km2)
• Water	0.11 sq mi (0.3 km2)
Elevation	203 ft (62 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	10,967
• Density	2,057.6/sq mi (794.4/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)
ZIP Code	00778

Rincón is a barrio in the municipality of Gurabo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 10,967.^[3]^[4]^[5]

History

Rincón 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 Rincón barrio was 1,155.^[7]

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1900	1,155	—
1910	1,353	17.1%
1920	1,787	32.1%
1930	2,121	18.7%
1940	1,909	−10.0%
1950	2,049	7.3%
1960	3,351	63.5%
1970	0	−100.0%
1980	7,458	—
1990	8,706	16.7%
2000	10,663	22.5%
2010	10,967	2.9%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)^[8] 1910-1930^[9] 1930-1950^[10] 1980-2000^[11] 2010^[12]

Sectors

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)^[13] 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.^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]

The following sectors are in Rincón barrio:^[19]

Barriada Las Flores, Buena Vista Apartments, Condominio Villas del Este (Modena 1, 2, 3), Égida Gurabo Elderly Housing, Reparto San José, Residencial Luis del Carmen Echevarría, Sector Agosto, Sector Bella Vista, Sector Cabezudo, Sector Castro, Sector Cayano, Sector Gómez, Sector Jalisco, Sector La Finca, Sector Leal, Sector Los Calderón, Sector Los Cuadrado, Sector Los Rodríguez, Sector Matanzo, Sector Matías Jiménez, Sector Pello Cruz, Sector Perdomo, Sector Pérez, Sector Piro Cruz, Sector Sánchez Cabezudo, Sector Sánchez, Urbanización Campamento, Urbanización El Vivero, Urbanización Los Maestros, Urbanización O'Reilly, Urbanización Senderos de Gurabo, Urbanización Toscana, Urbanización Villa Alegre, Urbanización Villa del Carmen, Urbanización Villa Marina I, Urbanización Villa Marina II, Urbanización Villas de Gurabo, and Urbanización Villas de Gurabo II.

References

^ ^a ^b "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rincón barrio
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
^ "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.
^ 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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ 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.
^ "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
^ Mari Mut, José A. (28 August 2013). "Los pueblos de Puerto Rico y las iglesias de sus plazas" (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 June 2020 – via archive.org.
^ "Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)". Puerto Rico Budgets (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2019.
^ Rivera Quintero, Marcia (2014), El vuelo de la esperanza : Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997-2004 (Primera edición ed.), San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón, ISBN 978-0-9820806-1-0
^ "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2019.
^ "Comunidades Especiales de Puerto Rico" (in Spanish). 8 August 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
^ "PRECINTO ELECTORAL GURABO 084" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2020.

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[gaze-1] "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.

[2] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rincón barrio

[Pico_1969-3] 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.

[Law2015-4] 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.

[2010_Census-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] "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.

[OfficeSanger1900-7] 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. 163.

[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.

[US2010Census-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.

[Barrio-Pueblo-13] "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.

[Mari_Mut-14] Mari Mut, José A. (28 August 2013). "Los pueblos de Puerto Rico y las iglesias de sus plazas" (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 June 2020 – via archive.org.

[15] "Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)". Puerto Rico Budgets (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2019.

[16] Rivera Quintero, Marcia (2014), El vuelo de la esperanza : Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997-2004 (Primera edición ed.), San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón, ISBN 978-0-9820806-1-0

[Law_1-2001-17] "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2019.

[wordpress.com-18] "Comunidades Especiales de Puerto Rico" (in Spanish). 8 August 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2019.

[sectores-19] "PRECINTO ELECTORAL GURABO 084" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2020.

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