Matamoras, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

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Matamoras, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
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Matamoras
Location within the state of Pennsylvania
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Matamoras
Matamoras (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°26′24″N76°56′00″W / 40.4400858°N 76.9333086°W / 40.4400858; -76.9333086
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Dauphin
Township Halifax
Elevation
640 ft (200 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)

Matamoras is an unincorporated community in Halifax Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States, located in the Harrisburg-Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. [1]

Matamoras was named after the Mexican city of Matamoros, the scene of a battle in the Mexican–American War. [2]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Matamoras, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
  2. ↑ Notes and Queries, Historical, Biographical and Genealogical, Relating Chiefly to Interior Pennsylvania. Harrisburg Publishing Company. 1895. p. 20.
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