Jericho, Cumberland County, New Jersey

Populated place in Cumberland County, New Jersey, US

Unincorporated community in New Jersey

39°28′12″N 75°21′06″W / 39.47000°N 75.35167°W / 39.47000; -75.35167Country

United StatesState

New JerseyCounty Cumberland Township Stow CreekElevation

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9 m (30 ft)Time zoneUTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (EDT)GNIS feature ID877447^[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

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

^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jericho
^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed December 28, 2014.
^ Gannett, Henry (January 28, 1895). "A Geographic Dictionary of New Jersey". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jericho Pond
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jericho Pond Dam
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Harrison, Charles (2013). Cumberland County, New Jersey: 265 Years of History. History Press. pp. 144, 145. ISBN 9781609497767.
^ Shourds, Thomas (1876). History and Genealogy of Fenwick's Colony, New Jersey. G.F. Nixon. p. 165.
^ 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.