Encarnación, Peñuelas, Puerto Rico

Encarnación is a barrio in the municipality of Peñuelas, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,378.^[3][4][5]

Encarnación
Barrio
Location of Encarnación within the municipality of Peñuelas shown in red
Encarnación Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 17°59′29″N 66°42′17″W[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Peñuelas
Area [1]
• Total	8.19 sq mi (21.2 km2)
• Land	4.90 sq mi (12.7 km2)
• Water	3.29 sq mi (8.5 km2)
Elevation [2]	157 ft (48 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	1,378
• Density	281.2/sq mi (108.6/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

History

Encarnación 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 combined population of Encarnación and Coto barrios was 1,271.^[7]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1910	509		—
1920	396		−22.2%
1930	277		−30.1%
1940	407		46.9%
1950	459		12.8%
1960	1,327		189.1%
1970	1,429		7.7%
1980	1,838		28.6%
1990	1,156		−37.1%
2000	1,344		16.3%
2010	1,378		2.5%
U.S. Decennial Census 1900 (N/A)[8] 1910-1930[9] 1930-1950[10] 1980-2000[11] 2010[12]

Tallaboa

Tallaboa is a community in Encarnación and in 2010 had a total population of 925 inhabitants living in a land area of 0.51 square miles (1.3 km²).^[5]

See also

• Puerto Rico portal

• List of communities in Puerto Rico

References

1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Encarnación 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. 165.
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.