Jericho,_Wayne_County,_Pennsylvania Latitude and Longitude:
41°19′9″N 75°23′26″W / 41.31917°N 75.39056°W / 41.31917; -75.39056
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Jericho, Pennsylvania
Village
Village of Jericho
Map of Pennsylvania, with county borders indicated. A red dot in the upper right-hand corner is labeled "Jericho, Pennsylvania."
Map of Pennsylvania, with county borders indicated. A red dot in the upper right-hand corner is labeled "Jericho, Pennsylvania."
Jericho
Jericho's Location within Pennsylvania.
Coordinates: 41°19′9″N 75°23′26″W / 41.31917°N 75.39056°W / 41.31917; -75.39056
CountryUnited States
State Pennsylvania
U.S. Congressional District PA-10
School District Western Wayne
Region III
County Wayne
Magisterial District22-3-01 [1]
Township Sterling
Settled c. 1818 [2]
Founded byAmasa Megargel [2]
Named for Jericho, Palestine [3]
Elevation
1,575 [4] ft (480 m)
Time zone UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST))
 • Summer ( DST) UTC-4 ( Eastern Daylight (EDT))
ZIP code
De facto
18424 [5] ( Gouldsboro)
18445 [6] ( Newfoundland)
Area code 570
GNIS feature ID1203894 [4]
FIPS code42-127-73968 [7]-38076 [4]
Major Roads
WaterwaysButternut Creek, [8] Memory Lake, [9] Rock Port Creek, [10] Lehigh River (West Fork)

Jericho is a village in Sterling Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States.

History

The Jericho Post Office was open between 1858 and 1861. [11]

References

  1. ^ "District Magistrate". Wayne County, PA. Wayne County Courthouse. 2015. Archived from the original on November 27, 2014. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  2. ^ a b Mathews, Alfred (1886). History of Wayne, Pike, and Monroe Counties, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: R.T. Peck & Company. p.  793. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  3. ^ Herschell, Don (September 22, 1995). "Why name your town Ninevah?". Observer-Reporter. Washington and Greene Counties, Pennsylvania. p. B5. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  4. ^ a b c "Jericho". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. August 2, 1979. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  5. ^ "Look up a ZIP Code". USPS.COM. USPS. 2015. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  6. ^ "Look up a ZIP Code". USPS.COM. USPS. 2015. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  7. ^ U.S. Census Bureau. Census 2000. "Census Demographic Profiles, Sterling Township" (PDF). CenStats Databases. Retrieved May 26, 2015.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( link)[ dead link]
  8. ^ "Butternut Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. August 2, 1979. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  9. ^ "Memory Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. August 2, 1979. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  10. ^ "Rock Port Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. August 2, 1979. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  11. ^ Forte, Jim. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Jim Forte. Retrieved May 26, 2015.


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