Morovis is a mountainous municipality with an area of approximately 100.3 square kilometres (38.7 sq mi), located slightly north of the center of the island, which was hit particularly hard by Hurricane Maria on September 20, 2017. In 1899, the United States conducted its first census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Morovis was 11,309. 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 a territory of the United States. In 1875, Abino Casellas was mayor of Morovis and in 1879, Cruz Maria Castro was mayor.
The phrase is believed by Puerto Ricans from outside of the town to have a negative connotation against moroveños, while, in reality, it is considered a positive motto. It was the only municipality in Puerto Rico that did not suffer from a cholera epidemic in 1853 as a result, a common phrase, "la isla menos Morovis" (" (all of) the island but Morovis") was coined. Its first mayor was Don Juan José de la Torre, with its second mayor being Don Juan Evangelista Rivera. In 1822, the mayorship was constructed and in 1823, the new church was built, dedicated to Nuestra Señora del Carmen on lands donated by Don Juan Evangelista Rivera. In 1817, the government of Puerto Rico approved the separation, but it was not until 1818 that the requirements of a population of one thousand residents and the construction of a church and several other public buildings was fulfilled, that the municipality of Morovis was officially founded. In 1815, a group of residents, under the leadership of Don Juan José de la Torre, began the process to separate Morovis from Manatí. Don Juan Evangelista Rivera bust in Morovis barrio-pueblo
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