Cerro Gordo, Aguada, Puerto Rico


Cerro Gordo is a barrio in the municipality of Aguada, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,018.

History

The United States took control of Puerto Rico from Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish-American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898. In 1899, the United States conducted its first census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Cerro Gordo was 843.

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 neighborhoods are in Cerro Gordo barrio:
Comunidad Aislada,
Hogar La Igualdad Inc.,
Sector Claudio Miranda,
Sector Concho Pérez,
Sector David Acevedo,
Sector Gabino Negrón,
Sector García,
Sector Gil Feliciano,
Sector Hotel Paraíso,
Sector Ito López,
Sector Juan Ramírez,
Sector La Cadena,
Sector La Ceiba,
Sector Lolo Pepe,
Sector Marcelino “Lin” Vega,
Sector Marcos Rojas,
Sector Mariano Concepción,
Sector Morales,
Sector Nino López,
Sector Patricio Vega,
Sector Quebrada Larga, and Tramo Puerto Rico Highway 110.

Earthquakes

During the 2019-2020 Puerto Rico earthquakes the Lydia Meléndez School in Asomante barrio served as a refuge for residents, from Cerro Gordo, Las Marías and Atalaya barrios, who had to leave their damaged homes.