Jericho, Wayne County, Pennsylvania
Jericho, Pennsylvania | |
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Village of Jericho | |
Coordinates: 41°19′9″N 75°23′26″W / 41.31917°N 75.39056°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
U.S. Congressional District | PA-10 |
School District | Western Wayne Region III |
County | Wayne |
Magisterial District | 22-3-01[1] |
Township | Sterling |
Settled | c. 1818[2] |
Founded by | Amasa 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 | |
Area code | 570 |
GNIS feature ID | 1203894[4] |
FIPS code | 42-127-73968[7]-38076[4] |
Major Roads | |
Waterways | Butternut 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
- ^ "District Magistrate". Wayne County, PA. Wayne County Courthouse. 2015. Archived from the original on November 27, 2014. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
- ^ a b Mathews, Alfred (1886). History of Wayne, Pike, and Monroe Counties, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: R.T. Peck & Company. p. 793. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
- ^ Herschell, Don (September 22, 1995). "Why name your town Ninevah?". Observer-Reporter. Washington and Greene Counties, Pennsylvania. p. B5. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Look up a ZIP Code". USPS.COM. USPS. 2015. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
- ^ "Look up a ZIP Code". USPS.COM. USPS. 2015. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
- ^ U.S. Census Bureau. Census 2000. "Census Demographic Profiles, Sterling Township" (PDF). CenStats Databases. Retrieved May 26, 2015.[dead link ]
- ^ "Butternut Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. August 2, 1979. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
- ^ "Memory Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. August 2, 1979. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
- ^ "Rock Port Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. August 2, 1979. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
- ^ Forte, Jim. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Jim Forte. Retrieved May 26, 2015.