Espinosa, Dorado, Puerto Rico


Espinosa is a barrio in the municipality of Dorado, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 4,534.

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 Espinosa barrio was 787.

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 Espinosa barrio:
Apartamentos Altos de Miraflores,
Comunidad Fortuna
Comunidad La PRRA,
Comunidad Río Nuevo,
Parcelas Kuilan,
Puerto Rico Highway 2, and
Urbanización Valle Dorado.

Places

Antigua Escuela Teresa Préstamo, an elementary school was located in the Mavito sector of Espinosa barrio until its closure in 2018.