1947 Map of Barranquitas NE

About this map

Barranquitas serves as the focal point for this 1940s topographic study, situated at the headwaters of the Río Grande de Manatí. The landscape is defined by the sharp verticality of the Central Mountain Range, rising significantly at Cerro Farallón. This preliminary edition documents the intricate network of municipal boundaries between Naranjito, Comerío, and Barranquitas. Educational infrastructure is anchored by the Escuela Segunda Unidad de Río Hondo, a rural second-unit school that was part of a transformative era in Puerto Rico’s rural development. The drainage patterns of Quebrada Hondo and Quebrada La Guitarra trace the deep ravines and ridges that shaped local agriculture and early transport routes long before modern highway expansion.