Jericho, Cumberland County, New Jersey

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Jericho, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
Jericho Hotel, circa 1890
Jericho Hotel, circa 1890
Jericho is located in Cumberland County, New Jersey
Jericho
Jericho
Location in Cumberland County (Inset: Cumberland County in New Jersey)
Jericho, New Jersey is located in New Jersey
Jericho, New Jersey
Jericho, New Jersey
Location within the state of New Jersey
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Country United States
State New Jersey
County Cumberland
Township Stow Creek
Elevation[1] 30 ft (9 m)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
GNIS feature ID 877447[1]

Jericho is an unincorporated community located within Stow Creek Township, in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States.[1][2]

Stow Creek, a tributary of the Delaware River, flows through the settlement, and a pond and dam are located there.[3][4]

Jericho was at one time an important mill town in the history of Cumberland and Salem counties.[5]

History

Originally called "Gravelly Run", the settlement began to flourish in 1680 when John Brick purchased 1,000 acres (400 ha) of land bordering Stow Creek, and erected sawmills and gristmills.[5][6] The Jericho Hotel was built, and in 1818, a distillery located in Jericho was converted into a woolen factory.[5]

The geologic area around Jericho contains Miocene epoch marl, and it is rich with fossils.[7] In the early 1800s, farmers near Jericho began using the mudlike marl found along Stow Creek as fertilizer, and commercial marl pits were built.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jericho
  2. ↑ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed December 28, 2014.
  3. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jericho Pond
  4. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jericho Pond Dam
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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