Jericho, Cumberland County, New Jersey

Jericho, New Jersey
Unincorporated community

Jericho Hotel, circa 1890
Jericho
Jericho
Jericho

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

Coordinates: 39°28′12″N 75°21′06″W / 39.47000°N 75.35167°W / 39.47000; -75.35167Coordinates: 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[1] 9 m (30 ft)
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]

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