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Matamoras, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

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Coordinates: 40°55′59″N 76°26′24″W / 40.933°N 76.440°W / 40.933; -76.440
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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.

40°55′59″N 76°26′24″W / 40.933°N 76.440°W / 40.933; -76.440


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