Guayo, Adjuntas, Puerto Rico

Guayo is a rural barrio in the municipality of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico.^[3][4][5]

Guayo
Barrio
Location of Guayo barrio within the municipality of Adjuntas shown in red
Guayo Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°10′43″N 66°49′18″W[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Adjuntas
Area [1]
• Total	2.97 sq mi (7.7 km2)
• Land	2.87 sq mi (7.4 km2)
• Water	0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2)
Elevation [2]	1,709 ft (521 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	853
• Density	297.2/sq mi (114.7/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)
ZIP Codes	00601, 00631
Area code	787/939
Website	adjuntaspr.com

History

Guayo 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 Guayo barrio and Vega Abajo barrio was 1,275.^[7]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1910	639		—
1920	485		−24.1%
1930	504		3.9%
1940	872		73.0%
1950	1,272		45.9%
1960	918		−27.8%
1970	992		8.1%
1980	979		−1.3%
1990	890		−9.1%
2000	886		−0.4%
2010	853		−3.7%
U.S. Decennial Census 1900 (N/A)[8] 1910-1930[9] 1930-1950[10] 1960[11] 1980-2000[12] 2010[13]

Special Community

Since 2001 when law 1-2001 was passed,^[14] measures have been taken to identify and address the high levels of poverty and the lack of resources and opportunities affecting specific communities in Puerto Rico. Initially there were 686 places that made the list.^[15] By 2008, there were 742 places on the list of Comunidades especiales de Puerto Rico. The places on the list are barrios, communities, sectors, or neighborhoods and Guayo was one of the seven areas in Adjuntas which made the list.^[15]

See also

• Puerto Rico portal

• List of communities in Puerto Rico