Welcome to Matador ...The town of Matador is located in the Texas Panhandle. Matador is located in Motley County<1> and is the County Seat for Motley County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Matador, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Matador has a population of 612 people<2> (see below for details). The community of Matador is 2,360 feet [719 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Matador is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: Matador lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Matador: 806 The ZIP code for Matador: 79244<4> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Matador had an population of 612 people. This is an increase of 0.82% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 17.3% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Matador had a population of 607 people (or 50.37% of the total population of Motley County). This makes Matador the county's most populous community. With a 2010 count of 607 people, the population of Matador decreased 17.97% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 740 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Matador. Communities Also Named Matador ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Matador - it's located in Saskatchewan. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Matador. Communities near Matador ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Matador.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Matador. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Matador. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Matador. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Matador. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Matador. Our list includes 4 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Matador. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Matador ...Looking for more information about Matador? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Matador, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Matador. Adding Matador to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Matador in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Matador was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Matador. Footnotes ...
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