Tejas, Las Piedras, Puerto Rico
Barrio of Puerto Rico
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Tejas is a barrio in the municipality of Las Piedras, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 9,488.[3][4][5]
Tejas | |
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Barrio | |
Puerto Rico Highway 917 between Tejas and Montones | |
 Location of Tejas within the municipality of Las Piedras shown in red | |
  Tejas Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°09′06″N 65°52′30″W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Las Piedras |
| Area | |
• Total | 6.02 sq mi (15.6 km2) |
| • Land | 6.02 sq mi (15.6 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 653 ft (199 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 9,488 |
| • Density | 1,576.1/sq mi (608.5/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
| ZIP Code | 00771 |
| Area code | 787/939 |
History
Tejas was in Spain's gazetteers[6] until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Tejas barrio was 948. At that time, the municipality was called Piedras and Tejas barrio was called Tejas Alto.[7]
