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1946 Map of Aguas Buenas

Name: 1946 Topographic Map of Aguas Buenas
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1946
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1946

About this map

Aguas Buenas serves as the southern anchor of this 1940s landscape, which transitions from the urbanizing outskirts of Guaynabo and Trujillo Alto into the steep interior terrain of the Cerro Marquesa. The map documents a pivotal era of educational development in Puerto Rico, noting the locations of several consolidated rural schools such as the Escuela Segunda Unidad de Caimito and Escuela Segunda Unidad de Cupey. These institutions represent a shift in the island's social infrastructure during the mid-century.

The hydrological network is dominated by the winding course of the Rio Loiza and the Rio Grande, which fed into the agricultural life of settlements like Pueblo Seco and La Bayamonesa. Distinctive landmarks, such as the Leprosomio and the high vantage points of Cerro Magüeyes, provide specific points of interest for genealogists tracing ancestral property or local historians studying the pre-industrial topography of the region.