Bartolo, Lares, Puerto Rico


Bartolo is a barrio in the municipality of Lares, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,035. Bartolo is on the southeastern border of Lares and Adjuntas.

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 US conducted its first census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Bartolo barrio was 2,035.

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 Bartolo barrio:
The following sectors are in Bartolo:
Calle Cirila,
Calle Cooperativismo,
Calle Los Millonarios,
Calle Paraíso,
Carretera Los Romero,
Carretera Vilella,
Cerro Las Avispas,
Condominio Alturas de Castañer,
Poblado Castañer,
Sector Calbache,
Sector Grillasca,
Sector Guano,
Sector La Cuesta,
Sector Rábanos,
Sector Regino,
Sector San Juan Bautista,
Tramo Puerto Rico Highway 128, and
Tramo Carretera 431.

Jíbaros Mutual Support Center

The Manuel Rojas Luzardo, a school that was built in 1922 was closed in 2015 by the Puerto Rico Department of Education. A group of residents, who farm the land, rehabilitated the school and put it to use, after they were left homeless when their homes were destroyed by Hurricane Maria in September 2017. The group received support from a number of businesses including a donation of solar panels. With their work, the once abandoned school is now called the Jíbaros Mutual Support Center, and the classrooms serve as residences to eleven families. There are micro-businesses, including a theater, operating from the location. Members of the local Presbyterian church who spearheaded the grassroots movement for Bartolo are pursuing official ownership of the property. Similar Mutual Support Centers have popped up around the island.