Fernando Pacheco y Matos
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Fernando Pacheco y Matos (also referred to as Fernando Pacheco or Fernando Pacheco de Matos) was an 18th-century Puerto Rican local official who led the petition that resulted in the formal establishment of the town and municipality of Yauco in 1756 under Spanish colonial rule, and is commonly identified in local historical writing as the town's founder and first municipal leader.[1]
In the mid 18th century, settlers in the Yauco region sought formal municipal recognition. Later planning and historical summaries produced for the municipality describe the Crown's authorization of the settlement under the name Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Yauco, with the founding dated to 29 February 1756.[2]