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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

  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.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jericho,_Cumberland_County,_New_Jersey