Miradero, Mayagüez
Miradero is a barrio in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. The US census of 2010 reports a population of 5,724.[3] The total land area the barrio is about 2.9 square miles (7.5 km2). It is one of fifteen rural inland barrios of Mayagüez.[4]
Miradero | |
|---|---|
Barrio | |
 Location of Miradero within the municipality of Mayagüez shown in red | |
  Miradero Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°13′32″N 67°08′23″W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Mayagüez |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.93 sq mi (7.6 km2) |
| • Land | 2.93 sq mi (7.6 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 207 ft (63 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 5,724 |
| • Density | 1,953.6/sq mi (754.3/km2) |
| 2010 census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
History
The barrio was in Spain's gazetteers[5] 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 Miradero was 1,268.[6]
The name Miradero means vantage point, or lookout. The rural barrio of Miradero, today more suburban, next to the city suggests and describes a place to see and admire. The name makes reference to the panoramic vistas of the city of Mayagüez and its bay and the Mona passage.[4] Eugenio María de Hostos grew up in the area, after his birth in the nearby Rio Cañas Arriba barrio.
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 1,268 | — | |
| 1910 | 1,644 | 29.7% | |
| 1920 | 1,224 | −25.5% | |
| 1930 | 1,365 | 11.5% | |
| 1940 | 1,701 | 24.6% | |
| 1950 | 1,549 | −8.9% | |
| 1960 | 3,812 | 146.1% | |
| 1980 | 4,171 | — | |
| 1990 | 5,279 | 26.6% | |
| 2000 | 5,510 | 4.4% | |
| 2010 | 5,724 | 3.9% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)[7] 1910-1930[8] 1930-1950[9] 1980-2000[10] 2010[11] | |||
Notable landmarks
Miradero is home to a number of sports complexes such as: Palacio de Recreación y Deportes, Natatorio RUM, RUM Racquetball Courts and the Mayagüez University Campus Tennis Courts.[12] The Dr. Juan A. Rivero Zoo is located in Miradero. There are a number of schools located in the barrio including Southwestern Educational Society and the Academy of the Immaculate Conception (where, among others, Jose Juan Barea attended most grades except his senior high school year).
A venture capital fund local to Puerto Rico, named Miradero Capital Partners, Inc., is named after the subsection.
See also
References
- "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Miradero barrio
- Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
- Cedó Alzamora, Federico (2010). MAYAGÜEZ,SU NOMBRE, SOBRENOMBRES Y LOS DE SUS BARRIOS (PDF). Mayagüez: Gobierno Municipal de Mayagüez. pp. 1–28.
- "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.
- 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. 164.
- "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.
- "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.
- General Purpose Population Data, Census 2000. Unidad de Sistemas de Información Geográfica, Área de Tecnología de Información Gubernamental, Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto. Gobierno de Puerto Rico. Archived 2010-08-12 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved September 21, 2010.