1947 Map of Jayuya NO

About this map

Central Santa Barbara serves as a prominent industrial landmark on this 1943 topography, reflecting the agricultural and milling legacy of the Municipio de Jayuya. The interior highlands of Puerto Rico are defined here by a dense network of watercourses, including the Río Grande de Jayuya, the Río Jayuya, and the Río Saliente, which carve through the steep terrain below Cerro Morales. This preliminary survey highlights a landscape dotted with traditional estates, such as Hacienda La Marina, Hacienda Gribina, and Hacienda Los Planes, showing the distribution of rural settlements and agricultural production before mid-century modernization. The map's high 1:10,000 scale provides exceptional detail for tracing the original footprints of these haciendas and the early layout of the Jayuya townsite, offering a clear view of the mountain economy during the 1940s.