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vided into solares. From the 1 860's to the Madero 

 Revolution growth took place in all four directions, 

 but most importantly to the west around the Plaza 

 Vieja. From 1914 to 1928 (owing to the revolu- 

 tion, bandits, Cristeros, et al.) many houses were 

 abandoned, especially at the west and in the north 

 where there are to be seen the greatest number of 

 ruins of adobe houses. Eecent growth has been 

 out along the axial lines in all directions excepting 

 toward the north. This is an expression of the 

 paved highways which lead to Morelia 27 miles to 

 the east, to Patzcuaro 16 miles south, and Zacapu 

 27 miles to the west. 



Formerly there was an attempt to have a few 

 streets cross the entire town in both directions: 

 East-west — Zaragoza (Beiiito Judrez and Zara- 

 goza) and Mina (Jazmin and Carreras); north- 

 south — Reforma (La Llave, Negrete, Reforma), 

 Nacional (Ram6n Corona, Plaza Principal, Na- 

 cional), and Galeana (Basurero, Galeana, Berrio- 

 zabal, Abasto Viejo). At present no street carries 

 the same name for more than 6 blocks (only 

 Zaragoza extends through 6 blocks), and but 11 

 streets have more than 2 inliabited blocks (Zara- 

 goza 5, Nacional 5, Berriozabal-Galeana 4, Juarez 

 4, Ram6n Corona 4, Morelos 4, Reforma 3, 

 Doblado 3, Ocampo 3, Victoria 3, and Iturbide 3). 

 Three streets (Guerrero, Galeana, and La Concor- 

 dia) extend from cuartel III into cuartel IV for 

 distances varying from a half block to 1 block. 



SUBDIVISIONS 



The division of Quiroga into numbered blocks 

 presumably began in 1827. The blocks or man- 

 zanas in each cuartel are numbered so that cen- 

 suses and other records can locate a person or 

 familj'^ by stating, e. g., house No. 32 on street 

 Reforma in the sixth block of the first quarter. 

 Every manzana has two numbei's: its current 

 number within the cuartel, and its number along 

 a given street; e. g., the most northerly block on 

 Ram6n Corona (on the west side) is Manzana 

 7' of cuartel II but it is also the fourth manzana 

 of the Calzada Ram6n Corona. Although pre- 

 sumably the block numbers within the quarters 

 are fixed, they actually vary with the whim of the 

 ayuntamiento, census takers, map makers, and 

 anyone else interested in the matter. In part this 

 is because of the settling and abandoning of pe- 



ripheral manzanas. Since the numeration begins 

 with the manzana nearest to the "four corners" 

 of the cuarteles and proceeds northward or south- 

 ward by tiers, it is evident that if the outermost 

 manzana in the first tier is abandoned it will cause 

 a renumbering of all the manzanas that come after 

 it. Furthermore, often when there is a peripheral 

 manzana with only two or three families it will be 

 included with an adjacent manzana. In table 1 

 we present the logical numeration of all manzanas 

 with any permanent inhabitants (column 2) and 

 the equivalent numeration of other censuses and 

 periods. The manzanas have been grouped by 

 tiers, set off by lines. Where blocks still retain 

 old signs these numbers are indicated; the other 

 numbers in parentheses in that column indicate 

 the complete numeration consistent with the 

 signs. It will be noted that at one time manzanas 

 were numbered east and west from CaUe Nacional 

 in cuartel IV. 



Table 1. — Numeration of manzanas in Quiroga 



