Palo Seco, Toa Baja, Puerto Rico
Palo Seco | |
|---|---|
Barrio | |
 View of Old San Juan from Palo Seco | |
 Location of Palo Seco within the municipality of Toa Baja shown in red | |
  Palo Seco Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°28′12″N 66°08′12″W / 18.47005°N 66.136674°W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Toa Baja |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.60 sq mi (4.1 km2) |
| • Land | 0.49 sq mi (1.3 km2) |
| • Water | 1.11 sq mi (2.9 km2) |
| Elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 288 |
| • Density | 587.8/sq mi (227.0/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
Palo Seco is a barrio in the municipality of Toa Baja, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 288.[3][4][5]
Palo Seco power plant
[edit]One of the main power plants supplying power to Puerto Rico is the Palo Seco fuel oil power plant located near Palo Seco, Toa Baja.[6][7] Before Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico in September 2017, the Palo Seco plant was slated to close.[8]
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 | 692 | — | |
| 1920 | 816 | 17.9% | |
| 1930 | 825 | 1.1% | |
| 1940 | 904 | 9.6% | |
| 1950 | 840 | −7.1% | |
| 1960 | 709 | −15.6% | |
| 1970 | 489 | −31.0% | |
| 1980 | 439 | −10.2% | |
| 1990 | 385 | −12.3% | |
| 2000 | 325 | −15.6% | |
| 2010 | 288 | −11.4% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census 1910-1930[9] 1930-1950[10] 1980-2000[11] 2010[12] | |||
Gallery
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PR-870 in Palo Seco -
Sunken ship off the coast of Palo Seco -
At the Palo Seco Power Plant after 2 hurricanes struck Puerto Rico in 2017
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Palo Seco barrio
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
- ^ "Protestan para que enciendan Palo Seco". Primera Hora (in Spanish). 19 October 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ "Engineering Solutions for the Nation's Toughest Problems: USACE tackles Puerto Rico's power grid". www.army.mil. 2018-03-24. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
- ^ Alvarado León, Gerardo E. (2017-08-25). "La Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica cerrará la central Palo Seco". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-08-26.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
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