Fránquez, Morovis, Puerto Rico

Fránquez is a barrio in the municipality of Morovis, Puerto Rico. Fránquez has twelve sectors and its population in 2010 was 4,583.^[3][4][5]

Fránquez
Barrio
Sign indicating improvements to recreational centers in Fránquez
Location of Fránquez within the municipality of Morovis shown in red
Fránquez Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°21′19″N 66°25′07″W[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Morovis
Area [1]
• Total	4.2 sq mi (11 km2)
• Land	4.2 sq mi (11 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation [2]	443 ft (135 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	4,583
• Density	1,091.2/sq mi (421.3/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)
Zip code	00687

History

Fránquez 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 Fránquez barrio was 695.^[7]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	695		—
1910	766		10.2%
1920	843		10.1%
1930	1,185		40.6%
1940	1,299		9.6%
1950	1,269		−2.3%
1960	2,034		60.3%
1970	2,509		23.4%
1980	3,602		43.6%
1990	3,843		6.7%
2000	4,205		9.4%
2010	4,583		9.0%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)[8] 1910-1930[9] 1930-1950[10] 1980-2000[11] 2010[12]

Like all municipalities of Puerto Rico, Morovis was hit hard by Hurricane Maria on September 20, 2017. More than six months after Hurricane Irma, which had occurred just prior to Maria, the community's school still remained without power and an indignant population voiced their anger.^[13]

Sectors

Further information: List of barrios and sectors of Morovis, Puerto Rico

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)^[14] in turn are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores (sectors in English). The types of sectores may vary, from normally sector to urbanización to reparto to barriada to residencial, among others.^[15][16][17]

The following sectors are in Fránquez barrio:^[18]

Comunidad Fránquez, Sector Alianza, Sector Dávila, Sector Los Rosario, Sector Meléndez, Sector Narváez, Sector Pabón, Sector Pedro Meléndez Sánchez, Sector Rolón, Sector Rosado, Sector Socucho, and Urbanización La Alianza.

Gallery

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  Juana M. (Goyita) Avilés, a school in Franquez

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: Fránquez 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. Archived from the original on 2018-12-26. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
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. 161. Archived from the original on 2012-11-15. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
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. "Escuela en Morovis lleva 200 días sin energía [School in Morovis has been without power for 200 days]". wapa tv (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2019-05-31. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
14. "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
15. "Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)". Puerto Rico Budgets (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 June 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
16. Rivera Quintero, Marcia (2014), El vuelo de la esperanza: Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997-2004 (first ed.), San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón, ISBN 978-0-9820806-1-0
17. "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 September 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
18. "PRECINTO ELECTORAL MOROVIS 020" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. 8 October 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.

External links

• Media related to Fránquez at Wikimedia Commons