Jericho, Cumberland County, New Jersey

Populated place in Cumberland County, New Jersey, US

Unincorporated community in New Jersey

Jericho, New Jersey

Unincorporated community

Jericho Hotel, circa 1890

Jericho

Location in Cumberland County (Inset: Cumberland County in New Jersey)

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Jericho

Jericho (New Jersey)

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Jericho (the United States)

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Coordinates: 39°28′12″N 75°21′06″W﻿ / ﻿39.47000°N 75.35167°W﻿ / 39.47000; -75.35167
Country|  United States
State|  New Jersey
County| Cumberland
Township| Stow Creek
Elevation

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| 9 m (30 ft)
Time zone| UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC−04:00 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID| 877447[1]

Jericho is a community located within Stow Creek Township, in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1][2][3]

Stow Creek, a tributary of the Delaware River, flows through the settlement, and a pond and dam are located there.[4][5]

Jericho was at one time an important mill town in the history of Cumberland and Salem counties.[6]

## History

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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.[6][7] The Jericho Hotel was built, and in 1818, a distillery located in Jericho was converted into a woolen factory.[6]

The geologic area around Jericho contains Miocene epoch marl, and it is rich with fossils.[8] In the early 1800s, farmers near Jericho began using the mudlike marl found along Stow Creek as fertilizer, and commercial marl pits were built.[6]

## References

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1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jericho
2. ^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed December 28, 2014.
3. ^ Gannett, Henry (January 28, 1895). "A Geographic Dictionary of New Jersey". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
4. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jericho Pond
5. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jericho Pond Dam
6. ^ a b c d Harrison, Charles (2013). Cumberland County, New Jersey: 265 Years of History. History Press. pp. 144, 145. ISBN 9781609497767.
7. ^ Shourds, Thomas (1876). History and Genealogy of Fenwick's Colony, New Jersey. G.F. Nixon. p. 165.
8. ^ Dana, James Dwight (1880). Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special Reference to American Geological History. Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor and Company. p. 495.

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Municipalities and communities of Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States

County seat: Bridgeton

Cities|

* Bridgeton
* Millville
* Vineland

Map of New Jersey highlighting Cumberland County

Borough|

* Shiloh

Townships|

* Commercial
* Deerfield
* Downe
* Fairfield
* Greenwich
* Hopewell
* Lawrence
* Maurice River
* Stow Creek
* Upper Deerfield

CDPs|

* Arrowhead Lake
* Carlls Corner
* Cedarville
* Centre Grove
* Cumberland-Hesstown
* Deerfield Street
* Delmont
* Dividing Creek
* Dorchester
* Dutch Neck
* Fairton
* Fortescue
* Gandys Beach
* Gouldtown
* Greenwich
* Heislerville
* Lakeside-Beebe Run
* Laurel Heights
* Laurel Lake
* Leesburg
* Marlboro
* Mauricetown
* Milmay‡
* Money Island
* Newport
* Othello
* Port Elizabeth
* Port Norris
* Roadstown
* Rosenhayn
* Seabrook Farms
* Seeley
* Sheppards Mill
* Silver Lake
* Sunset Lake
* West Park

Other
communities|

* Bowentown
* Buckshutem
* Cohansey
* Cumberland
* Hesstown
* Jericho
* Sea Breeze
* Seabrook
* Springtown

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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