Bartolo, Lares, Puerto Rico

Bartolo
Barrio
Location of Bartolo barrio within the municipality of Lares shown in red
Bartolo Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°11′45″N 66°51′00″W[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Lares
Area [1]
• Total	8.44 sq mi (21.9 km^2)
• Land	8.25 sq mi (21.4 km^2)
• Water	0.19 sq mi (0.5 km^2)
Elevation [2]	1,818 ft (554 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	2,035
• Density	246.7/sq mi (95.3/km^2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

Bartolo is a barrio in the municipality of Lares, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,035.[3][4][5] Bartolo is on the southeastern border of Lares and Adjuntas.

History

Bartolo 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 population of Bartolo barrio was 2,035.[7]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	2,035		—
1910	1,961		−3.6%
1920	2,117		8.0%
1930	2,409		13.8%
1940	2,484		3.1%
1950	2,951		18.8%
1960	2,854		−3.3%
1970	2,391		−16.2%
1980	2,483		3.8%
1990	2,311		−6.9%
2000	2,030		−12.2%
2010	2,035		0.2%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)[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] and subbarrios,[14] in turn, are further subdivided into smaller locally populated place areas/units called sectores (sectors in English). The types of sectores may vary, from normal sector to urbanización to reparto to barriada to residencial, among others.[15][16][17]

The following sectors are in Bartolo barrio:[18]

Calle Cirila, Calle Cooperativismo, Calle Los Millonarios, Calle Paraíso, Carretera Los Romero, Carretera Vilella, Cerro Las Avispas, Condominio Alturas de Castañer, Poblado Castañer, Sector Calbache, Sector Grillasca, Sector Guano, Sector La Cuesta, Sector Rábanos, Sector Regino, Sector San Juan Bautista, Tramo Carretera 128, Tramo Carretera 135, and Tramo Carretera 431.

Jíbaros Mutual Support Center

The Manuel Rojas Luzardo, a school that was built in 1922 was closed in 2015 by the Puerto Rico Department of Education. A group of residents, who farm the land (jíbaros), rehabilitated the school and put it to use, after they were left homeless when their homes were destroyed by Hurricane Maria in September 2017. The group received support from a number of businesses including a donation of solar panels. With their work, the once abandoned school is now called the Jíbaros Mutual Support Center (Spanish: Centro de Apoyo Mutuo Jíbaro), and the classrooms serve as residences to eleven families (to families with a woman head of household and the elderly). There are micro-businesses, including a theater, operating from the location. Members of the local Presbyterian church who spearheaded the grassroots movement for Bartolo are pursuing official ownership of the property.[19][20] Similar Mutual Support Centers have popped up around the island.[21][22]

See also

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

References

1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government. Archived from the original on 2020-01-16. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bartolo 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. Archived from the original on 2018-12-26. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
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. 160. Archived from the original on 2012-11-15. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
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. "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
14. "P.L. 94-171 VTD/SLD Reference Map (2010 Census): Lares Municipio, PR" (PDF). www2.census.gov. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
15. "Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)". Puerto Rico Budgets (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 June 2019. 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). Archived from the original on 14 September 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
18. "PRECINTO ELECTORAL LARES 053" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. 14 June 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
19. "Una comunidad en Lares encuentra esperanza en escuela abandonada [A community in Lares finds hope in an abandoned school]". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). 28 April 2018. Archived from the original on 22 August 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
20. "Centro de Apoyo Mutuo - Jíbaro". MaríaFund. Archived from the original on 2020-08-22. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
21. "This is Caguas: "Centro de Apoyo Mutuo"". It's Going Down. November 26, 2017. Archived from the original on August 22, 2020. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
22. "Puerto Rico. Declaración de la Jornada Nacional de la lucha por la Tierra: "Se acabaron las promesas"". resumenlatinoamericano.org (in Spanish). 28 April 2020. Archived from the original on 22 August 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.

External links

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