San Cristóbal, Old San Juan
San Cristóbal | |
|---|---|
San Cristóbal in Old San Juan | |
San Cristóbal is in San Juan Antiguo | |
San Juan Antiguo is in San Juan | |
San Cristóbal San Juan is in Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°28′09″N 66°06′43″W / 18.4692798°N 66.1118660°W | |
| Commonwealth | Puerto Rico |
| Municipality | San Juan |
| Barrio | San Juan Antiguo |
| Population (1990) | |
• Total | 1,358 |
| Source: Census 1990 | |
San Cristóbal is one of the seven subbarrios of the San Juan Antiguo barrio in the municipality of San Juan in Puerto Rico.[1] San Cristóbal, named after Castillo San Cristóbal, is one of the six subbarrios which form part of the Old San Juan Historic District.[2] Half of La Perla is located within the borders of the San Cristóbal subbarrio, the other half is located in the neighboring subbarrio, Mercado.[3]
History
The subbarrio San Cristóbal was one of the original four barrios of San Juan before the annexations of Santurce in 1863. During this time it was known as Barrio de Santa Bárbara, named after the former Santa Bárbara de la Cruz Hermitage (Hermita de Santa Bárbara de la Cruz), a former monastery which in turn is the namesake of the modern Calle de la Cruz, and the Santa Bárbara Bastion (Bastión de Santa Bárbara), a former artillery battery located where La Perla is now.[4]
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 San Cristóbal was 3,131.[5] In 2010, the population of San Cristóbal was 1,230.[6]
Demographics
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 3,131 | — | |
| 1910 | 3,170 | 1.2% | |
| 1920 | 3,523 | 11.1% | |
| 1930 | 3,394 | −3.7% | |
| 1940 | 5,683 | 67.4% | |
| 1950 | 4,715 | −17.0% | |
| 1980 | 1,899 | — | |
| 1990 | 1,390 | −26.8% | |
| 2000 | 1,221 | −12.2% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census 1900 (uses 1899 data)[7] 1910-1930[8] 1930-1950[9] 1980-2000[10] 2010[11] | |||
Cityscape
Places of interest
Main streets and squares
- Calle de la Luna
- Calle de la Tanca
- Calle del Sol
- Norzagaray Street
- San Justo Street
- San Sebastián Street
References
- ^ 1990 Census of Housing. Detailed Housing Characteristics: Puerto Rico. U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, Bureau of the Census. Archived 2010-07-17 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved February 14, 2011.
- ^ Rodriguez Morales, Luis M. (June 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Zona Histórica de San Juan (San Juan Historic Zone)". National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved September 23, 2024 – via National Archives.
- ^ "NPS Incident Management Team Hurricane Update for the Caribbean Parks, Saturday, October 7, 2017 – 6pm". Office of Communications (U.S. National Park Service). 2017-10-07. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
- ^ Morales, Dra Carmen Alicia (2019-03-15). "Historia del Viejo San Juan: La ermita de la calle de la Cruz de Santa Bárbara". Periódico El Adoquín (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-07-15.
- ^ Joseph Prentiss Sanger; Henry Gannett; Walter Francis Willcox (1900). Informe sobre el censo de Puerto Rico, 1899, United States. War Dept. Porto Rico Census Office (in Spanish). Imprenta del gobierno. p. 162.
- ^ Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and housing unit counts (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010. p. 76.
- ^ "Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899". War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico. Archived from the original on July 16, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- ^ "Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930, 1920 and 1910" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- ^ "Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 30, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
- ^ "Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 24, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- ^ Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau. 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
External links
- Media related to San Cristóbal, San Juan, Puerto Rico at Wikimedia Commons
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: San Cristóbal Subbarrio