Quebrada Arenas, Toa Alta, Puerto Rico


Quebrada Arenas is a barrio in the municipality of Toa Alta, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,951.

History

Quebrada Arenas 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 Quebrada Arenas barrio was 777.
Quebrada Arenas saw a 48.8% increase in population from 1990 to 2000 and a 9.8% increase from 2000 to 2010.

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 Quebrada Arenas barrio:
Comunidad Las Colinas,
Reparto Carmen,
Reparto Quebrada Arenas,
Sector Cuesta Blanca,
Sector El Trapiche,
Sector Jalda Arriba,
Sector Los Hoyos,
Sector Los Mudos,
Sector Molina,
Sector Villa Arena,
Sector Villa Naí,
Urbanización Hacienda Lidia Marie,
Urbanización Las Villas,
Urbanización Los Árboles,
Urbanización Pérez Rosado,
Urbanización Sun Flowers Valley, and Urbanización Valle Arena.