Matamoras in Washington County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Matamoras World War I Monument

1917 - 1918

Photographed by Michael Herrick, February 26, 2018

1. Matamoras World War I Monument

Inscription.
Alice Young · Carl Henkelman · Winton Newman · Raymond Jones · John L. Gorum · Edward Rush · Howard Mount · David Dunn · William Hanlon · Robert Haught · Mersom Roberts

Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.

Location. 39° 31.342′ N, 81° 3.864′ W. Monument is in Matamoras, Ohio, in Washington County. It is at the intersection of Broadway and Grandview Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Broadway. Touch for map. Monument is in this post office area: New Matamoras OH 45767, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in the American Midwest,

in the Ohio River Valley,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles

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of this marker, measured as the crow flies: James Riggs Family (approx. ¼ mile away); Wells Family Cemetery (approx. 4 miles away in West Virginia); Fly Landing of the Sistersville Ferry (approx. 4.4 miles away); George Washington (approx. 4½ miles away); Little Sister (approx. 4.6 miles away in West Virginia); "Big Moses" Well / Polecat Oil Well (approx. 4.6 miles away in West Virginia); Sistersville (approx. 4.7 miles away in West Virginia); Frontier Boat Launch (approx. 6.1 miles away).

Photographed by Michael Herrick, February 26, 2018

2. Matamoras World War I Monument

Photographed by Michael Herrick, February 26, 2018

3. Matamoras World War I Monument

Credits. This page was last revised on December 14, 2022. It was originally submitted on March 6, 2018, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 466 times since then and 7 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 6, 2018, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.