Palo Seco, Toa Baja, Puerto Rico

Palo Seco is a barrio in the municipality of Toa Baja, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 288.^[3][4][5]

Palo Seco
Barrio
View of Old San Juan from Palo Seco
Location of Palo Seco within the municipality of Toa Baja shown in red
Palo Seco Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°28′12″N 66°08′12″W / 18.47005°N 66.136674°W / 18.47005; -66.136674^[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Toa Baja
Area ^[1]
• Total	1.60 sq mi (4.1 km^2)
• Land	0.49 sq mi (1.3 km^2)
• Water	1.11 sq mi (2.9 km^2)
Elevation ^[2]	0 ft (0 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	288
• Density	587.8/sq mi (227.0/km^2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

Palo Seco power plant

One of the main power plants supplying power to Puerto Rico is the Palo Seco fuel oil power plant located near Palo Seco, Toa Baja.^[6][7] Before Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico in September 2017, the Palo Seco plant was slated to close.^[8]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1910	692		—
1920	816		17.9%
1930	825		1.1%
1940	904		9.6%
1950	840		−7.1%
1960	709		−15.6%
1970	489		−31.0%
1980	439		−10.2%
1990	385		−12.3%
2000	325		−15.6%
2010	288		−11.4%
U.S. Decennial Census 1910-1930^[9] 1930-1950^[10] 1980-2000^[11] 2010^[12]

Gallery

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  PR-870 in Palo Seco
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  Sunken ship off the coast of Palo Seco
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  At the Palo Seco Power Plant after 2 hurricanes struck Puerto Rico in 2017

See also

•  Puerto Rico portal

• List of communities in Puerto Rico
• List of barrios and sectors of Toa Baja, Puerto Rico

References

1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Palo Seco barrio
3. Picó, Rafael; Buitrago de Santiago, Zayda; Berrios, Hector H. Nueva geografía de Puerto Rico: física, económica, y social, por Rafael Picó. Con la colaboración de Zayda Buitrago de Santiago y Héctor H. Berrios. San Juan Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,1969.
4. Gwillim Law (20 May 2015). Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. McFarland. p. 300. ISBN 978-1-4766-0447-3. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
5. Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
6. "Protestan para que enciendan Palo Seco". Primera Hora (in Spanish). 19 October 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
7. "Engineering Solutions for the Nation's Toughest Problems: USACE tackles Puerto Rico's power grid". www.army.mil. 2018-03-24. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
8. Alvarado León, Gerardo E. (2017-08-25). "La Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica cerrará la central Palo Seco". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-08-26.
9. "Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
10. "Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. (PDF) from the original on August 30, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
11. "Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. (PDF) from the original on July 24, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
12. Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau. 2010. (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2019-08-02.