Hato Puerco, Canóvanas, Puerto Rico

Hato Puerco is a barrio in the municipality of Canóvanas, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 7,379.

History

Hato Puerco was in Spain's gazetteers until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Hato Puerco barrio, which was in the municipality of Loíza, was 3,139.

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 the Campo Rico comunidad of Hato Puerco barrio:
Camino Los Matos, Camino Los Navarro, Puerto Rico Highway 185, and Urbanización Las Haciendas.
The following sectors are in Palma Sola in Hato Puerco:
Carretera 957, Sector El Hoyo, Sector Los Castros, Sector Maga, and Sector Peniel.