Maguayo

Maguayo
Barrio
Puerto Rico Highway 22 in Maguayo
Location of Maguayo within the municipality of Dorado shown in red
Maguayo
Coordinates: 18°24′49″N 66°16′28″W[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Dorado
Area [1]
• Total	3.88 sq mi (10.0 km^2)
• Land	3.86 sq mi (10.0 km^2)
• Water	0.02 sq mi (0.05 km^2)
Elevation [2]	135 ft (41 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	4,496
• Density	1,164.8/sq mi (449.7/km^2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)
ZIP Code	00646

Maguayo is a barrio in the municipality of Dorado, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 4,496.[3][4][5]

History

Maguayo 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 Maguayo barrio was 764.[7]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	764		—
1910	876		14.7%
1920	1,116		27.4%
1930	1,478		32.4%
1940	1,770		19.8%
1950	2,378		34.4%
1960	2,428		2.1%
1970	2,645		8.9%
1980	2,948		11.5%
1990	3,826		29.8%
2000	4,711		23.1%
2010	4,496		−4.6%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)[8] 1910-1930[9] 1930-1950[10] 1980-2000[11] 2010[12]

In 2017, after Hurricane Maria destroyed infrastructure and disrupted electrical and water services, residents of Maguayo were getting water from a well that is on the List of Superfund sites (a site containing toxic substances) until officials from the Environmental Protection Agency secured the location.[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 Maguayo barrio:[18]

Parcelas El Cotto, Sector Abra, Sector Calandria, Sector Camino Los Nieves, Sector Cotto Martell, Sector Cuatro Calles, Sector El Cotto, Sector Los Bloise, Sector Los Dávila, Sector Los Torres, Sector Maguayo Adentro, Sector Maracayo, Sector Martell, Sector Maysonet I y II, Sector Polvorín, Sector Río Nuevo (PR-693), Sector Santa Rosa (Jazmín, Guayabo, Combate), Urbanización Alturas de Plata, Urbanización Bosque Dorado, and Urbanización Valle del Dorado.

In Maguayo barrio is part of the Río Lajas comunidad.[5]

Notable residents

Major League Baseball player Edgar Martínez spent his formative years in Maguayo. In 2019, when he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame he thanked "his people", the people of Maguayo and the mayor of Dorado said that a celebration would be held to receive him.[19][20]

Gallery

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  Puerto Rico Highway 659 in Maguayo
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  Puerto Rico Highway 694 between Maguayo and Higuillar
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  Puerto Rico Highway 6659 in Maguayo

See also

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

References

1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Maguayo 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. 161.
8. "Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899". War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico. Archived from the original on 16 July 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
9. "Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 August 2017. Retrieved 21 September 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 30 August 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
11. "Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 21 September 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 20 February 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
13. "Desperate Puerto Ricans line up for water". The Gazette. 16 October 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
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 DORADO 015" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 November 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
19. Ortiz, Jose de Jesus (22 July 2019). "Mi Gente: Martinez speaks to family, Puerto Rico". La Vida Baseball. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
20. "Edgar Martínez tendrá su fiesta de pueblo en el barrio Maguayo". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). 23 January 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2021.