Quinto, Ponce, Puerto Rico

Quinto (Barrio Quinto) is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Together with Primero, Segundo, Tercero, Cuarto, and Sexto, Quinto is one of the municipality's six original urban barrios. It was organized in 1878.^[3]

Paseo Atocha, the western boundary of Barrio Quinto. Stores on the right are part of Barrio Segundo

Quinto
Barrio
Location of barrio Quinto within the municipality of Ponce shown in red
Quinto Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°00′52″N 66°36′35″W[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Ponce
Area [1]
• Total	0.11 sq mi (0.3 km2)
• Land	0.10 sq mi (0.3 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Elevation [2]	66 ft (20 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	568
• Density	5,680/sq mi (2,190/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

Location

Quinto is an urban barrio located in the southern section of the municipality, within the Ponce city limits, and northeast of the traditional center of the city, Plaza Las Delicias.

Boundaries

Francisco Pancho Coimbre Museum at Lolita Tizol and Castillo Streets in Barrio Quinto

Barrio Quinto is bounded on the North by Guadalupe Street, on the South by Isabel Street, on the West by Atocha Street, and on the East by Rio Portugues.^[4]

In terms of barrio-to-barrio boundaries, Quinto is bounded in the North by Sexto, in the South by Tercero, in the West by Segundo, and in the East by Machuelo Abajo.

Barrio Quinto is part of Ponce's historic district, and Plaza del Mercado Isabel II is one of many historic structures in Barrio Quinto

Features and demographics

Quinto has 0.1 square miles (260,000 m²) of land area and no water area. In 2000, the population of Qinto was 724. The population density in Quinto was 6,811 persons per square mile.^[5]

In 2010, the population of Quinto was 568 persons, and it had a density of 5,680 persons per square mile.^[6]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	4,511		—
1910	4,221		−6.4%
1920	4,808		13.9%
1930	2,512		−47.8%
1940	3,041		21.1%
1950	2,551		−16.1%
1960	1,938		−24.0%
1970	1,533		−20.9%
1980	1,247		−18.7%
1990	1,026		−17.7%
2000	724		−29.4%
2010	568		−21.5%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)[7] 1910-1930[8] 1930-1950[9] 1960[10] 1980-2000[11] 2010[12]

Notable landmarks

Quinto is home to the Museo Francisco Pancho Coimbre. Also, the Isabel II Marketplace (Plaza del Mercado de Ponce) is located here. NRHP-listed landmarks in Barrio Quinto include the Font-Ubides House, the Mercado de las Carnes (Plaza Juan Ponce de León), and the old Spanish Military Headquarters/city jail.

Gallery

• 
  Argentinian restaurant on Calle Salud
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  Sports bar on Calle Isabel
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  Italian restaurant on Calles Isabel and Salud
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  Puerto Rican 'Criollo' food restaurant on Calle Isabel

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: Quinto barrio
3. Barrios de Ponce. Antepasados Esclavos.(From: Pedro Tomás de Córdoba. Memorias geográficas, históricas, económicas y estadísticas de la Isla de Puerto Rico.) Retrieved 28 November 2014.
4. 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 18 February 2010.
5. City Melt Retrieved 17 February 2010.
6. Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
7. "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.
8. "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.
9. "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.
10. 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.
11. "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.
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 20 February 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2019.

External links

• Media related to Quinto (Ponce) at Wikimedia Commons