Matthew Town

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Matthew Town

|settlement_type = Settlement

|image_skyline = Matthew Town, Great Inagua, Bahamas.jpg

|imagesize = 200px

|shield_size = 100

|pushpin_map = Bahamas

|pushpin_label_position = top

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = {{BHS}}

|subdivision_type1 = Island

|subdivision_name1 = Great Inagua

|population_as_of = 2012

|population_total = 430[https://archive.today/20130111133816/http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&geo=-40 World Gazetteer]

|timezone = Eastern Time Zone

|utc_offset = -5

|coordinates = {{coord|20|57|N|73|40|W|region:BS|display=inline,title}}

|area_code = 242

|module = {{Infobox lighthouse

| embed = yes

| qid = Q59157350

| name = Great Inagua Lighthouse
Southwest Point

| image = File:Inagua's Lighthouse - panoramio.jpg

| image_width =

| caption =

| location = Southwest Point
Matthew Town
Inagua
Bahamas

| coordinates = {{coord|20|56|00.7|N|73|40|27.4|W}}

| yearbuilt = 1870

| yearlit =

| automated =

| yeardeactivated =

| foundation =

| construction = masonry tower

| shape = tapered cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern

| marking = white tower and lantern

| height = {{convert|34|m|ft}}

| focalheight = {{convert|37|m|ft}}

| range = {{convert|22|nmi}}

| characteristic = Fl (2) W 10s.

| managingagent = Bahamas Port Department{{Cite rowlett|bhs|access-date=24 August 2016}}

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Matthew Town is the chief and only settlement on Great Inagua Island in the far south of the Bahamas. It is located on the southwest corner of the island. It was named after Bahamian Governor George Buckley-Mathew (1844–1849) and first settled during his tenure in office. It has several buildings dating to the 19th century including the 1870 Great Inagua Lighthouse.

Almost the entire population of Inagua resides in Matthew Town (approx. 1,000 people), and many of them are employed by the Morton Salt Company,{{efn|In 2008 Morton's employed about 60% of the island's working population.{{Cite news|agency=Associated Press |title=Workers at Bahamas' Morton Salt plant end strike |date=27 August 2008 |newspaper=The San Diego Union-Tribune |url=http://legacy.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/business/20080826-1531-bahamas-saltstrike.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203212115/http://legacy.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/business/20080826-1531-bahamas-saltstrike.html |archive-date=3 February 2017 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}}} the island's largest employer.{{Cite news|last=Scavella |first=Nico |date=20 April 2016 |title=Morton Salt Signs Five-Year Deal With Workers |newspaper=The Tribune |location=The Bahamas |url= http://www.tribune242.com/news/2016/apr/20/morton-salt-signs-five-year-deal-workers/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421114725/http://www.tribune242.com/news/2016/apr/20/morton-salt-signs-five-year-deal-workers/ |archive-date=21 April 2016 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}