José de Toro was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, in two occasions: 1814 and in 1820 (starting on 3 June 1820Ilia del Toro Robledo. Actas del Cabildo de Ponce: 1812-1823. Gobierno Municipal Autónomo de Ponce. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 1993. (Comisión Puertorriqueña para la Celebración del Quinto Centenario del Descubrimiento de America y Puerto Rico en Conmemoración del Encuentro de Dos Mundos.) p. 79.).Ponce . Puerto Rico Encyclopedia. In 1814, he performed as a teniente a guerra mayor, while from 3 June 1820 until later that yearIlia del Toro Robledo. Actas del Cabildo de Ponce: 1812-1823. Gobierno Municipal Autónomo de Ponce. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 1993. (Comisión Puertorriqueña para la Celebración del Quinto Centenario del Descubrimiento de America y Puerto Rico en Conmemoración del Encuentro de Dos Mundos.) p. 79. he performed as Alcalde ordinario.
First mayoral term (1814) In 1814, while José de Toro was mayor of Ponce and his secretary was Jose Inchausty, a cemetery was built at the (then) end of Calle Unión. At the time calle Union had no houses and the lands were part of Hacienda Molina. The cemetery, which no longer exists, was active for 28 years - until 1842 - when it was replaced by the cemetery at Panteón Nacional Román Baldorioty de Castro.Mariano Vidal Armstrong. Ponce: Notas para su Historia. San Juan, Puerto Rico. Second Edition 1986. p. 41.
Second mayoral term (1820) In 1820, the first known division of the Ponce territory into barrios takes place.Eduardo Questell Rodriguez. Historia de la Comunidad Bélgica de Ponce, a partir de la Hacienda Muñiz y Otros datos. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Mariana Editores. 2018. p. 13. Barrios de Ponce. Antepasados Esclavos.(From: Pedro Tomás de Córdoba. Memorias geográficas, históricas, económicas y estadísticas de la Isla de Puerto Rico.) Retrieved 19 June 2012.
Legacy There is a street in Urbanización Las Delicias of Barrio Magueyes in Ponce named after him.
See also
List of Puerto Ricans List of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico
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