Palo Seco, Toa Baja, Puerto Rico

Barrio of Puerto Rico
Barrio in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico
18°28′12″N 66°08′12″W / 18.47005°N 66.136674°W / 18.47005; -66.136674[1]Commonwealth Puerto RicoMunicipality Toa BajaArea • Total1.60 sq mi (4.1 km2) • Land0.49 sq mi (1.3 km2) • Water1.11 sq mi (2.9 km2)Elevation0 ft (0 m)Population
 (2010)
 • Total288 • Density587.8/sq mi (227.0/km2) Source: 2010 CensusTime zoneUTC−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

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]

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1910692—
192081617.9%
19308251.1%
19409049.6%
1950840−7.1%
1960709−15.6%
1970489−31.0%
1980439−10.2%
1990385−12.3%
2000325−15.6%
2010288−11.4%
U.S. Decennial Census
1910-1930[9]
1930-1950[10] 1980-2000[11] 2010[12]

Gallery

  • PR-870 in Palo Seco
    PR-870 in Palo Seco
  • Sunken ship off the coast of Palo Seco
    Sunken ship off the coast of Palo Seco
  • At the Palo Seco Power Plant after 2 hurricanes struck Puerto Rico in 2017
    At the Palo Seco Power Plant after 2 hurricanes struck Puerto Rico in 2017

See also

  • flagPuerto Rico portal

References

  1. ^ a b "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Palo Seco 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. ^ "Protestan para que enciendan Palo Seco". Primera Hora (in Spanish). 19 October 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ 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.
  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.


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