Matamoras, Pennsylvania

For the community in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, see Matamoras, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.

Borough of Matamoras
Borough
256px A view of Matamoras from the hills behind the town. Mid-Delaware Bridge connects it to Port Jervis, NY
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Pike
Elevation	427 ft (130.1 m)
Coordinates
Area	0.8 sq mi (2.1 km2)
- land	0.7 sq mi (2 km2)
- water	0.1 sq mi (0 km2), 12.5%
Population	2,469 (2010)
Density	3,527.1 / sq mi (1,361.8 / km2)
Incorporated	January 18, 1905
Mayor	Janet Clark
Timezone	EST (UTC-5)
- summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	18336
Area code	570 Exchange: 491
Location in Pike County and the state of Pennsylvania. Location in Pike County and the state of Pennsylvania.
Location of Pennsylvania in the United States
Website: www.matamorasborough.com

Matamoras is a borough in Pike County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,469 at the 2010 census. It is the easternmost town 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 came from the Mexican city of Matamoros, which was the first to be occupied by U.S. troops during the Mexican-American War. It was incorporated as a borough on January 18, 1905.

Geography

Matamoras is located at (41.367818, −74.701831). It is the easternmost point in Pennsylvania. Across the Delaware River are Port Jervis, New York and Montague, New Jersey.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.8 sq miles, of which 0.7 square miles (1.8 km²) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km²) (11.54%) is water.

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  US Routes 6 and 209 as they pass through Matamoras.

• Matamoras PA bridge.jpg

  Facing the bridge to Port Jervis, New York on US Routes 6 and 209

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  The Mid Delaware Bridge

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1880	196		—
1910	1,388		—
1920	1,535		10.6%
1930	1,784		16.2%
1940	1,735		−2.7%
1950	1,761		1.5%
1960	2,087		18.5%
1970	2,244		7.5%
1980	2,111		−5.9%
1990	1,934		−8.4%
2000	2,312		19.5%
2010	2,469		6.8%
Est. 2014	2,398		−2.9%
Sources:

As of the census of 2010, there were 2,469 people, 955 households, and 665 families residing in the borough. The population density 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% White, 1.4% African American, 0.3% Native American, 1.8% Asian, 0.6% from other races, and 2.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino 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 married couples 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 per capita income for the borough was $18,946. About 2.4% of families and 4.0% of the population were below the poverty line, 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's Domesticated series.
• Mayor Mr. Zach Pearce

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons
• Borough of Matamoras, official website
• Pike County Dispatch