Hoconuco Alto Explained

Official Name:Hoconuco Alto
Settlement Type:Barrio
Pushpin Map:Caribbean
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates:18.1435°N -67.0129°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Subdivision Type:Commonwealth
Subdivision Name: Puerto Rico
Subdivision Type1:Municipality
Subdivision Name1:San Germán
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Sq Mi:3.42
Area Land Sq Mi:3.42
Area Water Sq Mi:0
Population As Of:2010
Population Note:Source: 2010 Census
Population Total:572
Population Density Sq Mi:167.3
Timezone:AST
Utc Offset:−04:00
Elevation Ft:715
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code

Hoconuco Alto is a barrio in the municipality of San Germán, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 572.[2] [3] [4]

History

Hoconuco Alto was in Spain's gazetteers[5] until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the 1898 Treaty of Paris 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 Hoconuco Alto barrio was 943.[6]

Features

PR-361 is in Hoconuco Alto barrio.[7]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: US Gazetteer 2019. US Census. US Government. 2020-07-07. 2020-01-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20200116044518/https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_cousubs_72.txt. live.
  2. Book: 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 . 2019-01-15 . 2018-12-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181226171916/https://archive.org/details/nuevageografad00pic/page/247 . live .
  3. Book: Gwillim Law. Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. 25 December 2018. 20 May 2015. McFarland. 978-1-4766-0447-3. 300.
  4. Book: Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf. 2010. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2019-01-15. 2017-02-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20170220183043/https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf. live.
  5. Web site: Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administración. 1881 . Biblioteca Nacional de España . es . 1614. 4 April 2023.
  6. Book: Joseph Prentiss Sanger. Henry Gannett. Walter Francis Willcox. Informe sobre el censo de Puerto Rico, 1899, United States. War Dept. Porto Rico Census Office. 1900. Imprenta del gobierno. 164. es. 2020-03-25. 2012-11-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20121115044918/http://archive.org/details/informesobreelc00joangoog. live.
  7. Web site: P.L. 94-171 VTD/SLD Reference Map (2010 Census): San German Municipio, PR . www2.census.gov . U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau . 22 August 2020 . 22 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200822150642/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/pl10map/vtd_sld/st72_english/c72125_san_german/PL10VTD_C72125_001.pdf . live .

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