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History · Matamoras (New Matamoras)

30% of Matamoras (New Matamoras)’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1960 on.

0on the National Register
30%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Matamoras (New Matamoras)’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Matamoras (New Matamoras) are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Matamoras (New Matamoras)’s homes were built before 1957.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Matamoras (New Matamoras)’s history is told.

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The story so far

Matamoras (New Matamoras), in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Matamoras (New Matamoras) yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 896 to 702 (-22%).

Timeline

Matamoras (New Matamoras), 1851 to 1960

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1851Post officeThe New Metamoras post office opens
  3. 1876Post officeThe New Metamoras post office closes
  4. 1876Post officeThe New Matamoras post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1960On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Matamoras (New Matamoras) on the map, 1960 to 2002

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Matamoras (New Matamoras). Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Matamoras (New Matamoras) on the 1960 USGS mapMatamoras (New Matamoras) on the 1972 USGS mapMatamoras (New Matamoras) on the 1994 USGS mapMatamoras (New Matamoras) on the 2002 USGS map1960New Matamoras sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Matamoras (New Matamoras).

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

Another post office, New Metamoras, opened and closed inside today’s town.

New Metamoras
1851–1876
New Matamoras
1876–today
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Hamlets and corners on the map
New Matamoras

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.