San Mateo (Santurce)
San Mateo | |
|---|---|
Avenida Juan Ponce de León in San Mateo in Santurce | |
| Coordinates: 18°26′45″N 66°3′51″W / 18.44583°N 66.06417°W | |
| Commonwealth | Puerto Rico |
| Municipality | San Juan |
| Barrio | Santurce |
| Area | |
• Total | .07 sq mi (0.18 km2) |
| • Land | .07 sq mi (0.18 km2) |
| Elevation | 66 ft (20 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 1,549 |
| • Density | 22,128.6/sq mi (8,543.9/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
San Mateo is one of the forty subbarrios of Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
History
San Mateo de Cangrejos, as it was originally known, was founded in the 17th century by cimarrones who were fleeing enslavement from neighboring St. Eustatius, Saint Croix, and Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, thus the original settlers of San Mateo were self-emancipated when laws passed in 1664, 1680, and 1693 legalized their freedom.[3]
Historian, and writer Arturo Alfonso Schomburg was from San Mateo de Cangrejos. Roberto Clemente and Willie Mays played for the Santurce Cangrejos baseball team before playing in Major League Baseball.[3]
Demographics
In 1940, San Mateo had a population of 4,175.[4]
In 2000, San Mateo had a population of 1,989.[5]
In 2010, San Mateo had a population of 1,549 and a population density of 22,128.6 persons per square mile.[1]
Places
The historic Church of San Mateo de Cangrejos of Santurce is in San Mateo, at Calle San Jorge and Calle San Mateo (one block from Avenida Juan Ponce de León).[6]
Gallery
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The church in 2020
See also
References
- ^ a b Puerto Rico 2010 population and housing unit counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: San Mateo Subbarrio
- ^ a b San Mateo de Cangrejos. State University of New York Press. Retrieved October 30, 2025.
- ^ "Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 30, 2015. Retrieved October 30, 2025.
- ^ "Puerto Rico 2000: Population and housing unit counts" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
- ^ "Santurce History: Then and Now". avenidadelasartes.com. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
External links
- Media related to San Mateo (Santurce) at Wikimedia Commons