Plácido de Castro, Acre, Brazil Genealogy

Guide to Municipality of Plácido de Castro ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, church records, parish registers, and civil registration.

History
Initially the place was a rubber tapper placement, later becoming a São Gabriel rubber deposit, with the name of Pacatuba. In 1922, with the growth of the village, Vila Pacatuba emerged, which soon after received the name of Plácido de Castro, in honor of the hero of the Acre Revolution. Its emergence was due to its commercially strategic position for the purchase of rubber (hevea brasiliensis) and chestnut (bertholletia excelsa) and supply of goods, a warehouse function that concentrated all production in the rich and vast Bolivian region. Lately, with the paving of the 95 kilometers of the AC-40, the population of Rio Branco started to use it for walks. The flow of people led Bolivian neighbors to bring goods from the Cobija Free Zone to sell to Brazilians. Commerce developed giving rise to a strictly commercial town, in Bolivian territory, opposite the Abunã river. This fact was reflected on the Brazilian side, stimulating various commercial and service activities to meet the needs of Bolivian traders and Brazilian tourists.

In territorial divisions dating from 1936 and 1937, the district of Plácido de Castro appears in the municipality of Rio Branco. Elevated to the category of municipality in 1963, dismembered from Rio Branco. Installed on 29-03-1977.

Local Offices

 * Serventias Extrajudiciais da Comarca de Plácido de Castro Rua João Daniel Damasceno, 330 - Bairro Centro Telephone: (68) 3227-2146 Email: cartorio.placidodecastro@hotmail.com
 * (Functions: registration of property, titles, documents, and civil legal entities; civil registry of natural persons; notes; registry of interdictions and guardianship; title protests)

Other Institutions

 * Biblioteca Pública Municipal de Raul Arantes Meira Avenida Diamentino Augusto, s/n - Centro Telephone: (68) 3237-1066 / (68) 9963-2039 Email: rosaaraujoac@hotmail.com


 * Prefeitura de Plácido de Castro Av. Epitácio Pessoa, 347 Telephone: (68) 3237-1066 Website: https://www.placidodecastro.ac.gov.br/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/prefeituradeplacido/