Matamoros, Mexico

City: Matamoros

County: Mexico

State: Tamaulipas

Lat/Long: 25.864647, -97.506962

Opposite Brownsville, Texas, and twenty-five miles from the mouth of the Rio Grande, Matamoros was captured by American forces in May 1846 during the Mexican War.

Webster's New Geographical Dictionary (Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, 1988), 740.