Torrecilla Baja

Torrecilla Baja is a barrio in the municipality of Loíza, Puerto Rico. Torrecilla Baja has eight sectors and its population was 2,404 in 2010.^[3][4][5] The Piñones State Forest is located in Torrecilla Baja.

Torrecilla Baja
Barrio
Piñones Beach (Campamento Piñones) in Torrecilla Baja
Location of Torrecilla Baja within the municipality of Loíza shown in red
Torrecilla Baja Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°26′44″N 65°56′34″W[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Loíza
Area [1]
• Total	11.55 sq mi (29.9 km2)
• Land	7.31 sq mi (18.9 km2)
• Water	4.24 sq mi (11.0 km2)
Elevation [2]	0 ft (0 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	2,404
• Density	328.9/sq mi (127.0/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)
ZIP Code	00772

History

Torrecilla Baja 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 combined population of Torrecilla Baja and Torrecilla Alta barrios was 1,473.^[7]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1910	721		—
1920	775		7.5%
1930	750		−3.2%
1940	1,177		56.9%
1950	1,283		9.0%
1960	1,359		5.9%
1970	1,240		−8.8%
1980	1,532		23.5%
1990	1,978		29.1%
2000	2,322		17.4%
2010	2,404		3.5%
U.S. Decennial Census 1900 (N/A)[8] 1910-1930[9] 1930-1950[10] 1980-2000[11] 2010[12]

Features

The Piñones State Forest is in Torrecilla Baja.^[13]

Sectors

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

The following sectors are in Torrecilla Baja barrio:^[18]

Sector El Terraplén, Sector La Arena, Sector La Torre, Sector Las Pajita, Sector Los Vizcarrondo, Sector Monte Grande, Sector Piñones, and Sector Punta Maldonado.

See also

• Puerto Rico portal

• List of communities in Puerto Rico
• List of barrios and sectors of Loíza, Puerto Rico

References

1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Torrecilla Baja 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. 162.
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.
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.
13. "Bosque Estatal de Piñones". Discover Puerto Rico. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
14. "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
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 (first ed.), San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón, ISBN 978-0-9820806-1-0
17. "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
18. "PRECINTO ELECTORAL LOÍZA 103" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2020.

External links

• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Torrecilla Baja barrio