Puntas, Rincón, Puerto Rico


Puntas is a barrio in the municipality of Rincón, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,575.

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 Puntas barrio was 1,006.

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 Puntas barrio:
Calle Boulevard,
Calle Colinas Lindas,
Calle Los Flamboyanes,
Camino Interior,
Camino Martillo,
Camino Vista Nuclear,
Puerto Rico Highway 413, and Sector Vista Linda.