Barrero, Rincón, Puerto Rico

Barrero Barrio is a barrio in the municipality of Rincón, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,084.^[3][4][5]

Barrero
Barrio
Location of Barrero within the municipality of Rincón shown in red
Barrero Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°18′11″N 67°13′41″W[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Rincón
Area [1]
• Total	1.09 sq mi (2.8 km2)
• Land	0.88 sq mi (2.3 km2)
• Water	0.21 sq mi (0.5 km2)
Elevation [2]	157 ft (48 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	1,084
• Density	1,231.8/sq mi (475.6/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

History

Barrero 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 Barrero and Atalaya barrios was 1,157.^[7]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1910	584		—
1920	689		18.0%
1930	786		14.1%
1940	632		−19.6%
1950	661		4.6%
1960	655		−0.9%
1970	690		5.3%
1980	781		13.2%
1990	870		11.4%
2000	1,019		17.1%
2010	1,084		6.4%
U.S. Decennial Census 1900 (N/A)[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 Barrero barrio:^[19]

Carretera 115, Carretera 429, Condominio Sol y Playa, Punta Cadena, Sector La Mancha, Sector La Playa, and The Villas at the Horned Dorset Primavera.

See also

• Puerto Rico portal

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