Palmarejo, Corozal, Puerto Rico


Palmarejo is a barrio in the municipality of Corozal, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 6,068.

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 Palmarejo barrio was 901.

Mavilla Bridge

A bridge listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Puerto Rico is between Palmarejo barrio and Abras barrio, also in Corozal.

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 Palmarejo barrio:
Barriada Decene,
Calle Juana Santiago,
Parcelas Guarico,
Parcelas Julián Marrero,
Sector Alejo Rosado,
Sector Alturas de Corozal,
Sector Chary,
Sector Cheo Marrero,
Sector Club de Leones,
Sector Corozal Hills,
Sector Cuchillas,
Sector Dolores Cosme,
Sector El Convento,
Sector El Picuíto,
Sector El Pomito,
Sector El Rancho,
Sector Félix Padilla,
Sector Guarico,
Sector Juana Santiago,
Sector La Buruquena,
Sector La Gallera,
Sector La Mina,
Sector Los Fonseca,
Sector Los Llanos,
Sector Los Negrones,
Sector Los Nieves,
Sector Los Panzardi,
Sector Los Rojas,
Sector Luis Collazo,
Sector Marrero,
Sector Pancho Febus,
Sector Pomo Rodríguez,
Sector Tom Rolón,
Sector Toño Patente,
Urbanización Estancias de Palmarejo,
Urbanización Los Policías, and Urbanización María del Carmen.