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