1952 Map of Bayaney

About this map

Bayaney and the surrounding rural barrios of northern Puerto Rico appear here in the early 1950s, a period of transition for the island's interior. This topography, mapped by plane-table surveys in 1943 and revised in 1952, reveals a landscape of dense hills and winding river valleys, including the Rio Camuy and Rio Guajataca. The settlement pattern is defined by a network of rural schools, such as the Escuela Theodore Roosevelt and Escuela Segunda Unidad de Bayaney, reflecting the community-centered infrastructure of the mid-century era.