El Río, Las Piedras, Puerto Rico

El Río is a barrio in the municipality of Las Piedras, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 5,096.

History

El Río 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 El Río barrio was 2,150.

See also

• List of communities in Puerto Rico

References

External links

• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: El Río barrio