Morovis Norte

Morovis Norte is a barrio in the municipality of Morovis, Puerto Rico. Morovis Norte has about 15 sectors and its population in 2010 was 3,546.^[3][4][5]

Morovis Norte
Barrio
Maga Street in Morovis Norte
Location of Morovis Norte within the municipality of Morovis shown in red
Morovis Norte Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°20′30″N 66°24′28″W[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Morovis
Area [1]
• Total	3.31 sq mi (8.6 km2)
• Land	3.31 sq mi (8.6 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation [2]	518 ft (158 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	3,546
• Density	1,071.3/sq mi (413.6/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)
Zip code	00687

History

Morovis Norte 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 Morovis Norte barrio was 821.^[7]

Puente Colorao (Red Bridge) at kilometer 50 on PR-155 and over the Indio River in Morovis Norte, leads to the expressway and to Morovis barrio-pueblo, the downtown area with the municipal buildings and a number of stores. It is a bridge that was built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in 1913. In June 2020, it was closed for repairs.^[8] Bridge repairs were completed and the bridge reopened for traffic in late 2023.^[9]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	821		—
1910	976		18.9%
1920	1,090		11.7%
1930	1,563		43.4%
1940	1,698		8.6%
1950	1,838		8.2%
1960	1,520		−17.3%
1970	0		−100.0%
1980	1,393		—
1990	2,556		83.5%
2000	3,257		27.4%
2010	3,546		8.9%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)[10] 1910-1930[11] 1930-1950[12] 1980-2000[13] 2010[14]

Sectors

Further information: List of barrios and sectors of Morovis, Puerto Rico

Barrios (which are roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)^[15] 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.^[16][17][18]

The following sectors are in Morovis Norte barrio:^[19]

Apartamentos Santiago, Sector Buena Vista, Sector El Cerro, Sector El Tendal, Sector Hoyo Frío, Sector La Línea, Sector Los Russe, Sector Puente Colorao, Urbanización Brisas del Norte, Urbanización Cruz Rosario, Urbanización Jardines de Romaní, Urbanización Las Cumbres, Urbanización Quintas de Morovis, Urbanización Tajaomar, and Urbanización Villas Del Norte.

Gallery

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  Indio River from Red Bridge (Puente Colorao) in Morovis Norte
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  Red Bridge in Sector Puente Colorao^[20]

See also

• Puerto Rico portal

• List of communities in Puerto Rico

References

1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Morovis Norte 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. "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.
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. 161.
8. Cañizares, Maritza (November 22, 2013). "Vecinos de Morovis protestan por el cierre del "Puente Colorao" - Noticias - Videos". WAPA.tv (in Spanish). Retrieved June 23, 2022.
9. "Reabren el tránsito tras reemplazo del "Puente Colorao" en Morovis". Primera Hora (in Spanish). December 22, 2023. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
10. "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.
11. "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.
12. "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.
13. "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.
14. 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.
15. "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
16. "Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)". Puerto Rico Budgets (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2019.
17. 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
18. "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
19. "PRECINTO ELECTORAL MOROVIS 020" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
20. Cañizares, Maritza (23 June 2022). "Vecinos de Morovis protestan por el cierre del "Puente Colorao"". WAPA.tv (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 January 2023.

External links

• Media related to Morovis Norte at Wikimedia Commons