Cruces, Rincón, Puerto Rico


Cruces is a barrio in the municipality of Rincón, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,417.

History

The United States took control of Puerto Rico from Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish-American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898. In 1899, the United States conducted its first census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Cruces barrio was 770.

Sectors

Barrios in turn are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores. The types of sectores may vary, from normally sector to urbanización to reparto to barriada to residencial, among others.
The following sectors are in Cruces barrio:
Carretera 412,
Cruz Medio,
Sector Danubio,
Sector Emiliano González,
Sector Feliciano,
Sector Juan Soto,
Sector La Rincoeña,
Sector Los Gandía,
Sector Los Puentes,
Sector Mito Caro,
Sector Ríos,
Sector Rosado,
Sector Sierra Maestra,
Sector Soto, and Sector William Noriega Rodríguez.