Sábalos, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico


Sábalos is a barrio in the municipality of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 10,741.

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 Sábalos barrio was 2,365.
Sábalos is a rural, coastal town named after the Atlantic tarpon,, which were fished by Christopher Columbus at this location in and around November 19, 1493.