Lavadero


Lavadero is a barrio in the municipality of Hormigueros, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 4,305.

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 combined population of Lavadero and Benavente barrios was 1,047.

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 Lavadero barrio:
Camino Guarema,
Camino Los Espolas,
Haciendas Constancia,
Reparto Brisas de Lavadero,
Reparto Loma Linda,
Reparto San Gabriel,
Sector Campo Alegre,
Sector Coloso Medina,
Sector El Hoyo,
Sector La Loma,
Urbanización Jardines de la Casona,
Urbanización Paseo La Ceiba,
Urbanización San José, and Urbanización Villas de Lavadero.