Torrecillas, Morovis, Puerto Rico

Torrecillas is a barrio in the municipality of Morovis, Puerto Rico. Torrecillas has eight sectors and its population in 2010 was 623. A USDA Rural Development field office is located in Torrecillas.

History

Torrecillas 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 Torrecillas barrio was 572.
Hurricane Maria hit on September 20, 2017, and six months later a community, of about 300 residents in Torrecillas, reported their electrical power had not yet been restored.
A USDA Rural Development field office is located on the Torrecillas side of Sector La Línea on PR-6622.

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 Torrecillas barrio:
Parcelas Extensión Torrecillas,
Sector Cabachuelas II,
Sector La Cuesta de los Guanos,
Sector La Línea,
Sector Las Lajas,
Sector Ventana,
Urbanización La Línea, and
Urbanización Tulipanes.