Matamoras, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Matamoras, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Southbound PA 225 through Matamoras
Southbound PA 225 through Matamoras
Matamoras is located in Pennsylvania
Matamoras
Matamoras
Location within the state of Pennsylvania
Matamoras is located in the United States
Matamoras
Matamoras
Matamoras (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°26′24″N 76°56′00″W / 40.4400858°N 76.9333086°W / 40.4400858; -76.9333086
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyDauphin
TownshipHalifax
Elevation
640 ft (200 m)
Time zoneUTC-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]

  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.