Editing Matamoras, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Borough in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{for|the community in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania|Matamoras, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania}}
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| official_name      = Borough of Matamoras
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'''Matamoras''' is a [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] in [[Pike County, Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 2,362 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. It is the easternmost municipality of any kind in Pennsylvania. Matamoras is part of the [[New York metropolitan area#Metropolitan Statistical Area|New York–Newark–Jersey City, NY–NJ–PA Metropolitan Statistical Area]], as well as the larger [[New York metropolitan area#Combined Statistical Area|New York–Newark, NY–NJ–CT–PA Combined Statistical Area]].

==History==
Matamoras was originally part of [[Westfall Township, Pennsylvania|Westfall Township]]. Its name is derived from the Mexican city of [[Heroica Matamoros|Matamoros]], which was the first to be occupied by U.S. troops during the [[Mexican–American War]]. It was incorporated as a [[borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] on January 18, 1905.<ref>[http://www.pikepa.org/Commissioners.htm History of Pike County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529052929/http://www.pikepa.org/Commissioners.htm |date=2008-05-29 }}. [[Pike County, Pennsylvania]] home page.</ref>

=== 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]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Photo |first=Times Wide World |date=1928-08-30 |title=SEE MERRILL PLANE WRECKED IN WOODS; HUNT BODIES TODAY; MISSING AVIATOR WHOSE WRECKED PLANE IS FOUND. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1928/08/30/archives/see-merrill-plane-wrecked-in-woods-hunt-bodies-today-missing.html |access-date=2022-12-14 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Minisink Valley Historical Society - Tri-State Points of Interest |url=http://minisink.org/tristatepoints.html |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=minisink.org}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Northeastern Pennsylvania |url=https://www.airfieldsfreeman.com/PA/Airfields_PA_NE.htm#matamoras |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041102042128/http://www.airfields-freeman.com/PA/Airfields_PA_NE.htm#matamoras |url-status=live |archive-date=November 2, 2004 |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=[[Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields]]}}</ref> After the airport was closed it became Airport park, a local park with many amenities.

==Geography==
Matamoras is located at {{Coord|41|22|N|74|42|W|type:city}} (41.3678, −74.7018).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is the easternmost point in Pennsylvania. Across the [[Delaware River]] are [[Port Jervis, New York]] and [[Montague, New Jersey]]. At the nearby confluence of the Delaware and [[Neversink River|Neversink]] rivers is the [[Tri-States Monument]], marking the eastern end of the boundary between New York and Pennsylvania.<ref name=nypa>{{cite web |title=The Laws Of New York. Article 2: State Boundaries. Section 6: Pennsylvania boundary line|url=https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/STL/6 |publisher=[[New York State Senate]]}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough has a total area of 0.8 sq&nbsp;miles, of which {{convert|0.7|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.1|sqmi|km2}} (11.54%) is water.

<gallery widths="200px" heights="155px">
File:US 6 and US 209 in Matamoras.jpg|US Routes [[U.S. Route 6 in Pennsylvania|6]] and [[U.S. Route 209|209]] as they pass through Matamoras.
File:Matamoras PA bridge.jpg|Facing the bridge to [[Port Jervis, New York]] on US Routes 6 and 209
File:Matamoras PA Bridge.JPG|The Mid Delaware Bridge
File:Matamoras, PA, borough hall.jpg|Borough Hall
</gallery>

===Climate===
{{Weather box   <!-- Infobox begins -->
| single line = Y
| location    = Matamoras, Pennsylvania (1991–2020)
<!-- Average high temperatures -->
| Jan high F  =34.2
| Feb high F  =37.0
| Mar high F  =45.7
| Apr high F  =58.7
| May high F  =69.7
| Jun high F  =77.6
| Jul high F  =82.0
| Aug high F  =80.5
| Sep high F  =73.6
| Oct high F  =62.1
| Nov high F  =50.4
| Dec high F  =39.5
<!-- Mean daily temperature -->
| Jan mean F  =25.1
| Feb mean F  =26.9
| Mar mean F  =35.2
| Apr mean F  =46.5
| May mean F  =57.4
| Jun mean F  =66.2
| Jul mean F  =70.3
| Aug mean F  =68.9
| Sep mean F  =62.0
| Oct mean F  =50.4
| Nov mean F  =39.8
| Dec mean F  =31.1
<!-- Average low temperatures -->
| Jan low F  =15.9
| Feb low F  =16.8
| Mar low F  =24.8
| Apr low F  =34.2
| May low F  =45.1
| Jun low F  =54.8
| Jul low F  =58.5
| Aug low F  =57.4
| Sep low F  =50.5
| Oct low F  =38.6
| Nov low F  =29.3
| Dec low F  =22.7
<!-- Total precipitation, this should include rain and snow. -->
| precipitation colour    =  green
| Jan precipitation inch  =3.14
| Feb precipitation inch  =2.94
| Mar precipitation inch  =3.90
| Apr precipitation inch  =3.90
| May precipitation inch  =3.34
| Jun precipitation inch  =5.38
| Jul precipitation inch  =3.70
| Aug precipitation inch  =4.38
| Sep precipitation inch  =4.66
| Oct precipitation inch  =4.67
| Nov precipitation inch  =3.30
| Dec precipitation inch  =3.96
<!-- Snowfall -->
| Jan snow inch  =11.6
| Feb snow inch  =9.7
| Mar snow inch  =6.8
| Apr snow inch  =1.9
| May snow inch  =0.0
| Jun snow inch  =0.0
| Jul snow inch  =0.0
| Aug snow inch  =0.0
| Sep snow inch  =0.0
| Oct snow inch  =0.0
| Nov snow inch  =0.8
| Dec snow inch  =10.0
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}}<!-- Infobox ends -->

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 196
|1910= 1388
|1920= 1535
|1930= 1784
|1940= 1735
|1950= 1761
|1960= 2087
|1970= 2244
|1980= 2111
|1990= 1934
|2000= 2312
|2010= 2469
|2020= 2362
|footnote=Sources:<ref name="USDecennialCensus">{{cite web|title=Census of Population and Housing|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=11 December 2013}}</ref><ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref><ref name=CensusPopEst>{{cite web|title=Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|work=Population Estimates|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=11 December 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611010502/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|archivedate=11 June 2013}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:42&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Oct 12, 2022}}</ref>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR8">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-05-14|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2010, there were 2,469 people, 955 households, and 665 families residing in the borough. The [[population density]] was 3,527.1/sq&nbsp;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 (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.4% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.3% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.8% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.6% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.7% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|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 [[Marriage|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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://amystein.com/projects/domesticated/ |title=Domesticated &#124; Amy Stein |access-date=2013-09-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921060515/http://amystein.com/projects/domesticated/ |archive-date=2013-09-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.matamorasborough.com Borough of Matamoras, official website]

{{Pike County, Pennsylvania}}

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[[Category:1905 establishments in Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Boroughs in Pike County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1905]]
[[Category:Pennsylvania populated places on the Delaware River]]
[[Category:Towns in the New York metropolitan area]]