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1946 Map of Caguas

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

USGS Topo · Published 1946

About this map

Caguas sits at a critical junction of Puerto Rico's interior in the mid-1940s, serving as a hub where the Rio Grande de Loiza meets several major tributaries. The landscape is defined by the sugar industry, prominently featuring the Central Santa Juana and Central Defensa processing facilities north of the main settlement. These industrial centers are connected by a network of roads including routes 7, 1, and 5, which thread through the varied topography of Cerro del Palito and Cerro Las Piñas.

Social life in the rural barrios is anchored by local institutions like the Escuela Segunda Unidad de Turabo and several chapels, such as Capilla San Patricio and Capilla del Sagrado Corazon. The map details a transition from the dense urban grid of the town center to dispersed settlements like Las Cruces and La Pradera, set against a complex drainage system of named streams including Quebrada de las Quebradillas and Quebrada Beatriz.