Palmarito

{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Palmarito

| native_name =

| native_name_lang = es

| settlement_type = Barrio

| image_skyline = Barrio Palmarito desde el barrio Negros, Corozal, Puerto Rico.jpg

| image_caption = A view of Palmarito from Negros in Corozal

| image_map = Palmarito, Corozal, Puerto Rico locator map.png

| map_caption = Location of Palmarito within the municipality of Corozal shown in red

| pushpin_map = Caribbean

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Puerto Rico

| coordinates = {{Coord|18.260031|-66.343149|region:US-PR|format=dms|display=inline, title}}

| coordinates_footnotes = {{cite web |title=US Gazetteer 2019|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_cousubs_72.txt |website=US Census |publisher=US Government}}

| subdivision_type = Commonwealth

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Puerto Rico}}

| subdivision_type1 = Municipality

| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Corozal.svg}} Corozal

| unit_pref = Imperial

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_sq_mi = 4.93

| area_land_sq_mi = 4.93

| area_water_sq_mi = 0

| population_as_of = 2010

| population_footnotes =

| population_note = Source: 2010 Census

| population_total = 2227

| population_density_sq_mi = 451.7

| timezone = AST

| utc_offset = −4

| elevation_footnotes = {{GNIS|2415744|Palmarito barrio}}

| elevation_ft = 1982

| postal_code_type = ZIP Code

| postal_code =

| area_code =

}}

Palmarito is a rural barrio in the municipality of Corozal, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,227.{{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|access-date=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}}

History

Palmarito 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 Palmarito barrio was 770.{{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/n252 161]| language=es}}

Features and demographics

Palmarito has {{convert|4.93|sqmi}} of land area and no water area. In 2010, its population was 2,227 with a population density of {{convert|451.7|PD/sqmi}}.

{{US Census population

| align = center

| 1900 = 770

| 1910 = 1187

| 1920 = 1241

| 1930 = 1336

| 1940 = 1656

| 1950 = 1995

| 1960 = 1896

| 1970 = 1960

| 1980 = 1944

| 1990 = 1902

| 2000 = 2160

| 2010 = 2227

| 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}}

}}

Sectors

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions){{cite web |title=US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/help/en/barrio.htm |website=factfinder.com |publisher=US Census |access-date=5 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513190743/https://factfinder.census.gov/help/en/barrio.htm |archive-date=13 May 2017 |url-status=dead }} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.presupuesto.pr.gov/Presupuesto2015-2016/PresupuestosAgencias/229.htm|title=Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget) |website= Puerto Rico Budgets|language=es|access-date=28 June 2019}}{{Citation | author1=Rivera Quintero, Marcia | title=El vuelo de la esperanza: Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997-2004 | publication-date=2014 | publisher=San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón | edition=first | isbn=978-0-9820806-1-0 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.lexjuris.com/lexlex/Leyes2001/lex2001001.htm|title=Leyes del 2001|website=Lex Juris Puerto Rico|language=es|access-date=24 June 2020}}

The following sectors are in Palmarito barrio:{{cite web |title=PRECINTO ELECTORAL COROZAL 072|url=http://ww2.ceepur.org/es-pr/Desglose%20de%20Sectores/072%20COROZAL.pdf |website=Comisión Estatal de Elecciones |publisher=PR Government |date=21 September 2019|access-date=24 June 2020|language=es}}

=Palmarito=

{{lang|es|Parcelas Berio Nuevas,

Parcelas Berio Viejas,

Sector Albaladejo,

Sector Chago Torres,

Sector Che Díaz,

Sector Eduardo Rivera,

Sector El Riachuelo,

Sector Félix Padilla,

Sector Finito Santiago,

Sector Frank Ortiz,

Sector Geño Rivera,

Sector Goyo Torres,

Sector Los Molina,

Sector Pifio Rivera,

Sector Pimo Ortiz}}, and {{lang|es|Urbanización Estancias de la Montaña}}.

=Palmarito Centro=

{{lang|es|Sector El Cuatro,

Sector El Perico (La PRA),

Sector Finín Lozada,

Sector La Gallera,

Sector Los Montesino,

Sector Los Peña,

Sector Marciano Burgos}}, and {{lang|es|Sector Radio Oro (La Emisora)}}.

Gallery

Carretera PR-800, Corozal, Puerto Rico.jpg|Puerto Rico Highway 800 in Palmarito

Quebrada Riachuelo, Corozal, Puerto Rico.jpg|Quebrada Riachuelo in Palmarito

References

External links

{{Commons category-inline|Palmarito (Corozal)}}

Category:Barrios of Corozal, Puerto Rico