Tomás de Castro, Caguas, Puerto Rico

Tomás de Castro
Barrio
View of the valley from Tomás de Castro
Location of Tomás de Castro within the municipality of Caguas shown in red
Tomás de Castro Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°11′58″N 66°00′48″W[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Caguas
Area [1]
• Total	5.76 sq mi (14.9 km^2)
• Land	5.68 sq mi (14.7 km^2)
• Water	0.08 sq mi (0.2 km^2)
Elevation [2]	299 ft (91 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	19,414
• Density	3,418/sq mi (1,320/km^2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)
ZIP code	00725, 00726, 00727
Area code(s)	787, 939

Tomás de Castro is a barrio in the municipality of Caguas, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 19,414.^[3][4][5]

History

Tomás de Castro was named after Tomás de Castro del Valenciano, a military man.^[6][7]

[name] was in Spain's gazetteers^[8] 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 Tomás de Castro barrio was 1,575.^[9]

Features and demographics

Tomás de Castro has 5.68 square miles (14.7 km²) of land area and .08 square miles (0.21 km²) of water area. In 2010, its population was 19,414 with a population density of 3,418 inhabitants per square mile (1,320/km²).

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	1,575		—
1910	1,969		25.0%
1920	2,526		28.3%
1930	3,478		37.7%
1940	3,187		−8.4%
1950	3,804		19.4%
1960	4,168		9.6%
1970	0		−100.0%
1980	13,840		—
1990	18,068		30.5%
2000	19,301		6.8%
2010	19,414		0.6%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)[10] 1910-1930[11] 1930-1950[12] 1980-2000[13] 2010[14]

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: Tomás de Castro barrio
3. Picó, Rafael; Buitrago de Santiago, Zayda; Berrios, Hector H. (1969). 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. "Barrio Tomás de Castro: Caguas". 17 May 2015.
7. "Barrios de Puerto Rico: Barrio Tomás de Castro de Caguas [The History of Puerto Rico through its Barrios: Tomás de Castro of Caguas]" (video). www.pbslearningmedia.org (in Spanish). Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades and Sistemas TV. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
8. "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.
9. 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.
10. "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.
11. "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.
12. "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.
13. "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.
14. 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.