Magueyes, Ponce, Puerto Rico Explained

Official Name:Magueyes
Native Name Lang:es
Settlement Type:Barrio
Pushpin Map:Caribbean
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates:18.0616°N -66.6508°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Subdivision Type:Commonwealth
Subdivision Name: Puerto Rico
Subdivision Type1:Municipality
Subdivision Name1: Ponce
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Sq Mi:4.55
Area Land Sq Mi:4.55
Area Water Sq Mi:0
Population As Of:2010
Population Note:Source: 2010 Census
Population Total:5947
Population Density Sq Mi:1307
Timezone:AST
Utc Offset:-4
Elevation Ft:344

Magueyes is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Together with Cerrillos, Machuelo Arriba, Maragüez, Montes Llanos, Portugués, Sabanetas, and Tibes, Magueyes is one of the municipality's eight interior barrios. The name of this barrio is of native Indian origin.[2] It was created in 1831.[3]

History

Magueyes is one of the oldest barrios in Ponce. It is home to Hacienda Buena Vista, dating from 1833.[4] The word Magueyes is the plural form of the word Maguey which is a word of Taino origin.[5]

Boundaries

Magueyes is bounded on the North by the hills north of Tierras Buenas Road and the hills south of Las Lomas Road, on the South by Ruth Fernandez Boulevard, on the West by the hills west of PR-123, and on the East by the hills east of PR-123 and by Ruth Fernandez Boulevard.[6] [7]

In terms of barrio-to-barrio boundaries, Magueyes is bounded on the North by Guaraguao, on the South by Magueyes Urbano and Portugues Urbano, in the West by Marueño and Canas, and on the East by Tibes and Portugués.

Features and demographics

Magueyes has 4.56sqmi of land area and no water surface area. In 2000, the population of Magueyes was 6,134 persons, and it had a density of 1,345 persons per square mile.[8] [9] [10] Magueyes is the ninth most populous barrio in the municipality.

In 2010, the population of Magueyes was 5,947 persons, and it had a density of 1,307 persons per square mile.[11]

Running all along the full length of Magueyes is Rio Canas, which effectively divides the barrio in two almost identically sized areas. The communities of Corral Viejo, Las Delicias, El Madrigal, Estancias de Country Club, Lomas de Country Club, Granada Hills, Reparto Lomas del Sol, Reparto El Valle, and (Parcelas) Magueyes proper are located in Magueyes.

The main road serving Barrio Magueyes is PR-123. PR-501 also makes a short appearance in the lower southwestern part of the barrio.[12]

The highest point of barrio Magueyes stands at 2,066 feet and is located at the extreme northeast tip of the barrio.[13]

Landmarks

Hacienda Buena Vista is located in Magueyes.[4] [14]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: US Gazetteer 2019. US Census . US Government.
  2. Sunny A. Cabrera Salcedo. Hacia un Estudio Integral de la Toponimia del Municipio de Ponce, Puerto Rico. Ph. D. dissertation. May 1999. University of Massachusetts Amherst. Graduate School. Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Page 54.
  3. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poncepr/barrios.html Barrios de Ponce.
  4. http://www.puertorico.com/sights/hacienda-buena-vista/ Buena Vista
  5. https://books.google.com/books?id=Ah7FgcSdn9IC&pg=PA241 In place of gods and kings: authorship and identity in the Relación de Michoacán.
  6. http://www.gis.otg.gobierno.pr/webcensus/ General Purpose Population Data, Census 2000. Unidad de Sistemas de Información Geográfica, Área de Tecnología de Información Gubernamental, Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto. Gobierno de Puerto Rico.
  7. http://www.trails.com/topo.aspx?panerror=true&z=19&e=759173.152588761&n=1993318.14420084&s=50&size=s&style=drgsr Ponce Topographic Map. Map Styles: Map and Shaded. Trails.com. From: United States Geological Survey. Topo Map. Projection: NAD83/WGS84.
  8. http://www.citymelt.com/city/Puerto-Rico/Magueyes+Barrio-PR.html City Melt
  9. http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=05000US72113&-_box_head_nbr=GCT-PH1&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-redoLog=false&-format=CO-2&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_GCTPH1_CO2 U.S. Census Bureau. Census 2000. Ponce and Its Barrios. (Ponce Municipio, Puerto Rico -- County Subdivision and Place. GCT-PH1. Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2000. Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data)
  10. Web site: CENSUS2 . 20 March 2010 . https://archive.today/20200212040017/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-context=gct&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_GCTPH1_CO2&-tree_id=4001&-redoLog=true&-_caller=geoselect&-geo_id=05000US72113&-format=CO-2&-_lang=en . 12 February 2020 . dead .
  11. Book: Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf . 2010. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau.
  12. http://www.gis.otg.gobierno.pr/webcensus/ General Purpose Population Data, Census 2000. Unidad de Sistemas de Información Geográfica, Área de Tecnología de Información Gubernamental, Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto. Gobierno de Puerto Rico.
  13. http://www.gis.otg.gobierno.pr/maptest Maptest.
  14. http://www.frommers.com/destinations/ponce/A31197.html Frommer's. Hacienda Buena Vista.