Cuevas, Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico

Cuevas
Barrio
Location of Cuevas within the municipality of Trujillo Alto shown in red
Cuevas Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°21′51″N 66°01′08″W[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Trujillo Alto
Area [1]
• Total	2.02 sq mi (5.2 km^2)
• Land	2.01 sq mi (5.2 km^2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.03 km^2)
Elevation [2]	292 ft (89 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	19,852
• Density	9,827.7/sq mi (3,794.5/km^2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

Cuevas is a barrio in the municipality of Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 19,852.^[3][4][5]

History

Cuevas 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 Cuevas barrio was 688.^[7]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	688		—
1910	1,101		60.0%
1920	1,463		32.9%
1930	2,550		74.3%
1940	3,703		45.2%
1950	4,848		30.9%
1960	7,801		60.9%
1970	0		−100.0%
1980	30,347		—
1990	30,597		0.8%
2000	22,101		−27.8%
2010	19,852		−10.2%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)[8] 1910-1930[9] 1930-1950[10] 1980-2000[11] 2010[12]

Features

In 1952, along with the Carraízo Dam constructed in barrio Carraízo, a filtration plant was constructed in barrio Cuevas.^[13]

There is a Banco Popular in Cuevas.^[14]

Notable people

• Ángel Rivero Méndez, Puerto Rican soldier, journalist and businessman

See also

• List of communities in Puerto Rico

References

1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cuevas 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. 162.
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. Febus, H.G. (2019). Análisis del desarrollo histórico de la salud ambiental en Puerto Rico desde 1970 hasta el 2000 y su impacto en la educación (Spanish Edition) (in Spanish). Ibukku, LLC. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-64086-332-3. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
14. "Question and Answer Guide for Doral Bank, San Juan, Puerto Rico". FDIC. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.