Cerrillos, Ponce, Puerto Rico

Coordinates: 18°03′21″N 66°34′21″W / 18.055725°N 66.572498°W / 18.055725; -66.572498
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Cerrillos
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Cerrillos is one of the 31

Portugués, Montes Llanos, Maragüez, and Machuelo Arriba, Cerrillos is one of the municipality's seven interior rural barrios. It was founded in 1878.[3]

Location

Cerrillos is located in the eastern section of the municipality, northeast of the city of Ponce, at latitude 18.050848 N, and longitude -66.576027 W.[4]

Boundaries

Cerrillos is bounded on the North by the hills north of route PR-587 and

Río Cerrillos, and on the East by the hills east of PR-587, the eastern edge of Lake Number 5, and Palmarejo Road.[5][6]

In terms of barrio-to-barrio boundaries, Cerrillos is bounded on the North by barrios

Real and Coto Laurel.[7]

Features and demographics

Cerrillos is home to four lakes, named Lake Number Two through Lake Number Five.

Rio Cerrillos
, which does run through barrio Cerillos. The communities of Ponderosa, Valle Alto, Portales del Monte, Haciendas del Monte, Mansiones del Sur, Mansiones de Ponce, Mansiones del Lago, and Cerillo Hoyo are located in barrio Cerrillos.

Cerrillos has 3.1 square miles (8.0 km2) of land area and 0.2 square miles (520,000 m2) of water area. In 2000, the population of Cerrillos was 4,281. The population density in Cerrillos was 1,380 people per square mile.

PR-139 and PR-5139 in the western portion of the barrio.[11]

In 2010, the population of Cerrillos was 4,356 persons, and it had a density of 1,400.6 persons per square mile.[12]

The highest point in Barrio Cerrillos stands at 1,050 feet and is located at the northernmost tip of the barrio.[13]

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1900518—
19105526.6%
1920472−14.5%
19301,200154.2%
1940631−47.4%
195080527.6%
196090812.8%
19701,04815.4%
19802,455134.3%
19903,52343.5%
20004,28421.6%
20104,3561.7%
U.S. Decennial Census
1899 (shown as 1900)[14] 1910–1930[15]
1930–1950[16] 1960[17] 1980–2000[18] 2010[19]

Gallery

  • Italian food restaurant on Avenida Tito Castro
    Italian food restaurant on Avenida Tito Castro

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cerrillos barrio
  3. ^ Barrios de Ponce. Archived 30 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine Antepasados Esclavos.(From: Pedro Tomás de Córdoba. Memorias geográficas, históricas, económicas y estadísticas de la Isla de Puerto Rico.) Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  4. ^ City Melt Retrieved, 17 March 2010.
  5. ^ General Purpose Population Data, Census 2000. Unidad de Sistemas de Información Geográfica, Área de Tecnología de Información Gubernamental, Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto. Gobierno de Puerto Rico. Archived August 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 17 March 2010.
  6. ^ Ponce Topographic Map. Map Styles: Map and Shaded. Trails.com. From: United States Geological Survey. Topo Map. Projection: NAD83/WGS84. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
  7. ^ a b c General Purpose Population Data, Census 2000. Unidad de Sistemas de Información Geográfica, Área de Tecnología de Información Gubernamental, Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto. Gobierno de Puerto Rico. Archived 12 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 17 March 2010.
  8. ^ City Melt Retrieved, 14 February 2010.
  9. ^ U.S. Census Bureau. Census 2000. Ponce and Its Barrios. (Ponce Municipio, Puerto Rico -- County Subdivision and Place. GCT-PH1. Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2000. Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data) Archived 12 February 2020 at archive.today Retrieved 17 March 2010.
  10. ^ "CENSUS2". Archived from the original on 12 February 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  11. ^ General Purpose Population Data, Census 2000. Unidad de Sistemas de Información Geográfica, Área de Tecnología de Información Gubernamental, Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto. Gobierno de Puerto Rico. Archived 12 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 26 February 2010.
  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.
  13. ^ Maptest. Archived 18 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. General Purpose Population Data, Census 2000. Unidad de Sistemas de Información Geográfica, Área de Tecnología de Información Gubernamental, Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto. Gobierno de Puerto Rico. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
  14. ^ "Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899". War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico. Archived from the original on 16 July 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  15. ^ "Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 August 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  16. ^ "Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 August 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  17. ^ Census of Population, 1960: Number of Inhabitants, General Population Characteristics, General Social and Economic Characteristics, and Detailed Characteristics. Characteristics of the population. U.S. Bureau of the Census. 1963. pp. 97–101. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  18. ^ "Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  19. ^ 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 20 February 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2019.

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