{{short description|Barrio of Ponce, Puerto Rico}} {{use dmy dates|date=May 2018}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Quebrada Limón | native_name = | native_name_lang = es<!-- ISO 639-2 code e.g. "es" for Spanish. --> | settlement_type = Barrio | image_skyline = Escena en el Barrio Quebrada Limon (PR-502 en el Km 2.0), Ponce, PR (DSC02305A).jpg | image_caption = Scene in Barrio Quebrada Limon at PR-502 near Km 2.0 | image_map = Quebrada Limon, Ponce, Puerto Rico.svg | map_caption = Location of barrio Quebrada Limón within the municipality of Ponce shown in red | pushpin_map = Caribbean | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Puerto Rico | coordinates = {{coord|18.055752|-66.671729|region:US-PR|format=dms|display=inline, title}} | coordinates_footnotes = <ref name="gaze">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer 2019|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_cousubs_72.txt |website=US Census |publisher=US Government}}</ref> | subdivision_type = Commonwealth | subdivision_name = {{flag|Puerto Rico}} | subdivision_type1 = Municipality | subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Bandera de Ponce, Puerto Rico.svg}} Ponce | unit_pref = Imperial | area_footnotes = <ref name="gaze" /> | area_total_sq_mi = 2.67 | area_land_sq_mi = 2.67 | area_water_sq_mi = 0 | population_as_of = 2010 | population_footnotes = | population_note = Source: 2010 Census | population_total = 709 | population_density_sq_mi = 265.5 | timezone = AST | utc_offset = &minus;4 | elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{GNIS|2415884|Quebrada Limón barrio}}</ref> | elevation_ft = 384 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = }}

'''Quebrada Limón''' is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Anón, Coto Laurel, Guaraguao, Marueño, Real, and San Patricio, and the coastal barrios of Canas and Capitanejo, Quebrada Limón is one of the municipality's nine bordering barrios. It borders the municipality of Peñuelas. It was founded in 1878.<ref>[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poncepr/barrios.html ''Barrios de Ponce.''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930083458/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poncepr/barrios.html |date=30 September 2015 }} Antepasados Esclavos.(From: Pedro Tomás de Córdoba. Memorias geográficas, históricas, económicas y estadísticas de la Isla de Puerto Rico.) Retrieved 28 November 2014.</ref>

==Location== Quebrada Limón is a rural barrio located in the western section of the municipality, northwest of the center of the city at Plaza Las Delicias, and at latitude 18.054552 N, and longitude -66.671163 W.<ref>[http://www.citymelt.com/city/Puerto-Rico/Quebrada+Lim%E3%B3n+Barrio-PR.html City Melt] Retrieved March 3, 2010.</ref> The toponymy, or origin of the name, alludes to the narrow path between mountains oftentimes producing a stream or creek that runs down a glen.<ref>Government of the Municipality of Ponce. Periodico "El Señorial". Special issue: Carnaval Ponceño 2013. February 2013. Page 17. Ponce, Puerto Rico.</ref>

==Boundaries== Quebrada Limón is bounded on the North by the hills south of El Pecho Road and the hills north of Marungueyes Road, on the South by the hills north of Bello Road, and Clavel Street, on the West by hills east of PR-520, and on the East by the hills west of PR-502.<ref name=autogenerated2>[http://www.gis.otg.gobierno.pr/webcensus/ General Purpose Population Data, Census 2000. Unidad de Sistemas de Información Geográfica, Área de Tecnología de Información Gubernamental, Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto. Gobierno de Puerto Rico.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100812171159/http://www.gis.otg.gobierno.pr/webcensus/ |date=August 12, 2010 }} Retrieved March 3, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.trails.com/topo.aspx?panerror=true&z=19&e=759173.152588761&n=1993318.14420084&s=50&size=s&style=drgsr Ponce Topographic Map. Map Styles: Map and Shaded. Trails.com. From: United States Geological Survey. Topo Map. Projection: NAD83/WGS84.] Retrieved 3 March 2010.</ref>

In terms of barrio-to-barrio boundaries, Quebrada Limón is bounded in the North by Marueño, in the South by Canas, in the West by barrios Tallaboa Alta and Rucio of the municipality of Peñuelas, and in the East by Marueño and Canas.

==Features and demographics== thumb|left|280px|PR-502 traveling southbound in Barrio Quebrada Limon, Ponce, PR Quebrada Limón is home to the communities of Pastillo Canas and Hacienda Josefa. Pastillo Canas is located in the southern section of the barrio, near barrio Canas' Pastillo community. The rest of Quebrada Limón is strictly rural.

Quebrada Limón has {{convert|2.67|sqmi|km2|sigfig=2}} of land area and no water area.<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=05000US72113&-_box_head_nbr=GCT-PH1&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-redoLog=false&-format=CO-2&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_GCTPH1_CO2 '''Ponce Municipio, Puerto Rico -- County Subdivision and Place: GCT-PH1. Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2000''' (Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data)] {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20200210210755/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=05000US72113&-_box_head_nbr=GCT-PH1&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-redoLog=false&-format=CO-2&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_GCTPH1_CO2 |date=February 10, 2020 }} Retrieved March 3, 2010.</ref> In 2000, the population of Quebrada Limón was 804 persons, and it had a density of 301 persons per square mile.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

In 2010, the population of Quebrada Limón was 709 persons, and it had a density of 265.5 persons per square mile.<ref name= "2010 Census">{{cite book|title=Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf | url = https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|year=2010|publisher=U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref>

The main road serving barrio Quebrada Limon is PR-502.<ref>[http://www.gis.otg.gobierno.pr/webcensus/ General Purpose Population Data, Census 2000. Unidad de Sistemas de Información Geográfica, Área de Tecnología de Información Gubernamental, Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto. Gobierno de Puerto Rico.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100812171159/http://www.gis.otg.gobierno.pr/webcensus/ |date=August 12, 2010 }} Retrieved 22 February 2010.</ref>

The highest point in barrio Quebrada Limón stands at 984 feet over sea level and is located at the extreme northern end of the barrio.<ref>[http://www.gis.otg.gobierno.pr/maptest ''Maptest.''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100218155723/http://www.gis.otg.gobierno.pr/maptest |date=February 18, 2010 }} Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. General Purpose Population Data, Census 2000. Unidad de Sistemas de Información Geográfica, Área de Tecnología de Información Gubernamental, Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto. Gobierno de Puerto Rico. Retrieved 14 November 2011.</ref> {{US Census population| align= right | 1900= 547 | 1910= 703 | 1920= 643 | 1930= 569 | 1940= 549 | 1950= 521 | 1960= 681 | 1970= 667 | 1980= 856 | 1990= 830 | 2000= 804 | 2010= 709 | 2020= | align-fn=center | footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<br />1899 (shown as 1900)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/n245/mode/2up|title=Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899|publisher=War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716033905/https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/n245/mode/2up|archive-date=July 16, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> 1910-1930<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00476569ch4.pdf|title=Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817181600/https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00476569ch4.pdf|archive-date=August 17, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><br />1930-1950<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch12.pdf|title=Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150830033735/http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch12.pdf|archive-date=August 30, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> 1960<ref>{{cite book | title=Census of Population, 1960: Number of Inhabitants, General Population Characteristics, General Social and Economic Characteristics, and Detailed Characteristics. Characteristics of the population | publisher=U.S. Bureau of the Census| issue=v. 1 | year=1963 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nd8WAAAAYAAJ | access-date=June 10, 2023 | pages=97–101}}</ref> 1980-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-3-53-eng.pdf|title=Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724061852/https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-3-53-eng.pdf|archive-date=July 24, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> 2010<ref name= "US2010Census">{{cite book|title=Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf|url=https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|year=2010|publisher=U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2019-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220183043/https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|archive-date=2017-02-20|url-status=live}}</ref>}}

==Notable Landmarks== Several streams make their way through this rural barrio, including the brook from which the barrio draws its name: Quebrada Limón (English: Limón Brook). A section of Rio Pastillo also winds its way through the barrio. In fact, Limon Brook feeds into Río Pastillo. <ref name=autogenerated2 />

==See also== {{Portal|Puerto Rico}} * List of communities in Puerto Rico

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{Commons category-inline}}

{{Ponce, Puerto Rico}}

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