Matamoras is a

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Pike County, Pennsylvania Pike County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,535. Its county seat is Milford. Pike County is included in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, ...

, United States. The population was 2,362 at the 2020 census. It is the easternmost municipality of any kind in Pennsylvania. Matamoras is part of the New York–Newark–Jersey City, NY–NJ–PA Metropolitan Statistical Area, as well as the larger New York–Newark, NY–NJ–CT–PA Combined Statistical Area.

History

Matamoras was originally part of Westfall Township. Its name is derived from the Mexican city of Matamoros, which was the first to be occupied by U.S. troops during the

Mexican–American War The Mexican–American War, also known in the United States as the Mexican War and in Mexico as the (''United States intervention in Mexico''), was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848. It followed the 1 ...

. It was incorporated as a

on January 18, 1905.

Merrill-Ronne Airport

On May 31, 1930, the Merrill-Ronne Airport was opened on the eastern side of Matamoras. The Airport was named and dedicated to aviators, Mazel M. Merrill and Edwin Ronne who had crashed and died in the woods near

Milford, Pennsylvania Milford is a borough in Pike County, Pennsylvania and the county seat. Its population was 1,103 at the 2020 census. Located on the upper Delaware River, Milford is part of the New York metropolitan area. History The area along the Delaware Ri ...

. The airport consisted of two large runways and a smaller runway at the north of the airport. The airport was used to train fighter pilots during WWII. The airport closed sometime between 1970 and 1980. After the airport was closed it became Airport park, a local park with many amenities.

Geography

Matamoras is located at (41.3678, −74.7018). It is the easternmost point in Pennsylvania. Across the

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are

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and Montague, New Jersey. At the nearby confluence of the Delaware and Neversink rivers is the

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, marking the eastern end of the boundary between New York and Pennsylvania. According to the

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, the borough has a total area of 0.8 sq miles, of which is land and (11.54%) is water. File:US 6 and US 209 in Matamoras.jpg, US Routes 6 and

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as they pass through Matamoras. File:Matamoras PA bridge.jpg, Facing the bridge to

on US Routes 6 and 209 File:Matamoras PA Bridge.JPG, The Mid Delaware Bridge File:Matamoras, PA, borough hall.jpg, Borough Hall

Demographics

As of the

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of 2010, there were 2,469 people, 955 households, and 665 families residing in the borough. The

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was 3,527.1/sq mi. There were 1,020 housing units at an average density of 1,457.1 per square mile. The racial makeup of the borough was 93.3%

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, 1.4%

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, 0.3% Native American, 1.8%

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, 0.6% from

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, and 2.7% from two or more races.

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of any race were 5.5% of the population. There were 955 households, out of which 33.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.5% were

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living together, 14.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.4% were non-families. Of all households 24.9% were made up of individuals, and 12.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.09. In the borough the population was spread out, with 26.2% under the age of 18, 57.8% from 18 to 64, and 16% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. The median income for a household in the borough was $37,361, and the median income for a family was $45,917. Males had a median income of $32,875 versus $26,176 for females. The

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for the borough was $18,946. About 2.4% of families and 4.0% of the population were below the

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, including 1.9% of those under age 18 and 7.4% of those age 65 or over.

Other

* Matamoras is the setting for photographer

Amy Stein Amy Stein (born 1970) is an American photographer. Some of her photo series include ''Stranded'' and ''Domesticated.'' Her work has been shown at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C.. In 2007 she was one of fifteen "emerging artists ...

's ''Domesticated'' series.

References

External links

*
Borough of Matamoras, official website
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