Machete, Guayama, Puerto Rico
{{short description|Barrio of Puerto Rico}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Machete
| settlement_type = Barrio
| image_skyline = Machete, Guayama, Puerto Rico.jpg
| image_caption = Near Highway 54 junction in Machete
| image_map = Machete, Guayama, Puerto Rico locator map.png
| map_caption = Location of Machete within the municipality of Guayama shown in red
| pushpin_map = Caribbean
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Puerto Rico
| coordinates = {{coord|17.954033|-66.121761|region:US-PR|format=dms|display=inline, title}}
| subdivision_type = Commonwealth
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Puerto Rico}}
| subdivision_type1 = Municipality
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Guayama, Puerto Rico.svg}} Guayama
| unit_pref = Imperial
| area_total_sq_mi = 4.04
| area_land_sq_mi = 3.51
| area_water_sq_mi = 0.53
| population_as_of = 2010
| population_footnotes =
| population_note = Source: 2010 Census
| population_total = 3846
| population_density_sq_mi = 1095.7
| timezone = AST
| utc_offset = −4
| elevation_footnotes = {{GNIS|2415606|Machete barrio}}
| elevation_ft = 52
| postal_code_type = ZIP Code
| postal_code = 00784
| area_code =
}}
Machete is a barrio in the municipality of Guayama, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,846.{{cite book |last1=Picó |first1=Rafael |last2=Buitrago de Santiago |first2=Zayda |last3=Berrios |first3=Hector H. |title=Nueva geografía de Puerto Rico: física, económica, y social, por Rafael Picó. Con la colaboración de Zayda Buitrago de Santiago y Héctor H. Berrios. |url=https://archive.org/details/nuevageografad00pic/page/247|publisher=San Juan Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,1969}}{{cite book|author=Gwillim Law|title=Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=nXCeCQAAQBAJ|accessdate=25 December 2018|date=20 May 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-0447-3|page=300}}{{cite book|title=Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf|url=https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|year=2010|publisher=U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2019-01-14|archive-date=2017-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220183043/https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|url-status=live}}
History
In 1770, Machete was part of the territory presided over by caciques Güamaní and Guayama. In the 19th century it became an important sugar producer.{{cite web |title=La Historia de Puerto Rico a través de sus Barrios: Machete [The History of Puerto Rico through its Barrios: Machete] |url=https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/aacdf4b6-d207-412f-8005-52501ef5d81b/barrio-machete-de-guayama/ |website=www.pbslearningmedia.org |publisher=Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades and Sistemas TV |accessdate=2 September 2020 |language=es |format=video |archive-date=3 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903041512/https://ca.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/aacdf4b6-d207-412f-8005-52501ef5d81b/barrio-machete-de-guayama/ |url-status=live }}
Machete was in Spain's gazetteers{{cite web | title=Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administración. 1881 | website=Biblioteca Nacional de España | url=https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/viewer?id=9047075f-3c7e-411c-9e1e-41a2f650e1ba&page=1587 | language=es |page=1614| access-date=4 April 2023}} 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 Machete barrio was 368.{{cite book|author1=Joseph Prentiss Sanger|author2=Henry Gannett|author3=Walter Francis Willcox|title=Informe sobre el censo de Puerto Rico, 1899, United States. War Dept. Porto Rico Census Office|url=https://archive.org/details/informesobreelc00joangoog|year=1900|publisher=Imprenta del gobierno|page=[https://archive.org/details/informesobreelc00joangoog/page/n254 163]| language=es}}
{{US Census population| align= center
| 1900= 368
| 1910= 594
| 1920= 1028
| 1930= 1075
| 1940= 1302
| 1950= 994
| 1960= 306
| 1970= 373
| 1980= 748
| 1990= 902
| 2000= 2509
| 2010= 3846
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census
1899 (shown as 1900){{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/n245/mode/2up|title=Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899|publisher=War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716033905/https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/n245/mode/2up|archive-date=July 16, 2017|url-status=live}} 1910-1930{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00476569ch4.pdf|title=Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817181600/https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00476569ch4.pdf|archive-date=August 17, 2017|url-status=live}}
1930-1950{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch12.pdf|title=Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150830033735/http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch12.pdf|archive-date=August 30, 2015|url-status=live}} 1980-2000{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-3-53-eng.pdf|title=Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724061852/https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-3-53-eng.pdf|archive-date=July 24, 2017|url-status=live}} 2010{{cite book|title=Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf|url=https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|year=2010|publisher=U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2019-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220183043/https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|archive-date=2017-02-20|url-status=live}}}}
Gallery
Hacienda Azucarera Vives, Barrio Machete (Guayama County, Puerto Rico).jpg|Hacienda Azucarera Vives in Machete
See also
{{Portal|Puerto Rico}}