Las Palmas is a barrio in the municipality of Utuado, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,153. Las Palmas was in Spain's gazetteers 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 Stat…Las Palmas is a barrio in the municipality of Utuado, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,153. Las Palmas was in Spain's gazetteers 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 Las Palmas barrio was 647.