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We found 42 communities that share the name Jericho.
Within Mississippi, the name Jericho is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of another 42 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 42 communities, 40 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Jackson County
This Jericho is located in Jackson County and lies 155 miles [249.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Jericho that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Jericho.
Perry County
This Jericho is located in Perry County and lies 147 miles [236.6 km] to the southeast of the Jericho that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Jericho.
Arkansas
Crittenden County
This Jericho is located in Crittenden County and lies 99 miles [159.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Jericho that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crittenden County community of Jericho.
Connecticut
New London County
This Jericho is located in New London County and lies 1,010 miles [1,625.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Jericho that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New London County community of Jericho.
Indiana
Crawford County
This Jericho is located in Crawford County and lies 285 miles [458.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Jericho that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Jericho.
Sullivan County
This Jericho is located in Sullivan County and lies 324 miles [521.4 km] to the north northeast of the Jericho that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Jericho.
Kansas
Gove County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Gove County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gove County community of Jericho.
Kentucky
Grant County
This Jericho is located in Grant County and lies 368 miles [592.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Jericho that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Jericho.
Henry County
This Jericho is located in Henry County and lies 330 miles [531.1 km] to the north northeast of the Jericho that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Jericho.
Larue County
This Jericho is located in Larue County and lies 270 miles [434.5 km] to the northeast of the Jericho that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Larue County community of Jericho.
Morgan County
This Jericho is located in Morgan County and lies 376 miles [605.1 km] to the northeast of the Jericho that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Jericho.
Russell County
This Jericho is located in Russell County and lies 273 miles [439.4 km] to the northeast of the Jericho that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Russell County community of Jericho.
Louisiana
Vernon Parish
This Jericho is located in Vernon Parish and lies 327 miles [526.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Jericho that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vernon Parish community of Jericho.
Missouri
Laclede County
Although located in Laclede County, we don't know the location within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Laclede County community of Jericho.
New Brunswick
This Jericho lies 1,378 miles [2,217.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Jericho that is located in Union County.
New Hampshire
Carroll County
This Jericho is located in Carroll County and lies 1,144 miles [1,841.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Jericho that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Jericho.
Grafton County
This Jericho is located in Grafton County and lies 1,117 miles [1,797.6 km] to the northeast of the Jericho that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grafton County community of Jericho.
New Jersey
Cumberland County
This Jericho is located in Cumberland County and lies 813 miles [1,308.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Jericho that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Jericho.
Gloucester County
This Jericho is located in Gloucester County and lies 832 miles [1,339 km] to the east northeast of the Jericho that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gloucester County community of Jericho.
New York
Clinton County
This Jericho is located in Clinton County and lies 1,068 miles [1,718.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Jericho that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Jericho.
Nassau County
This Jericho is located in Nassau County and lies 936 miles [1,506.3 km] to the east northeast of the Jericho that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Jericho.
Queens County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Jericho [Queens County].
Suffolk County
This Jericho is located in Suffolk County and lies 1,005 miles [1,617.4 km] to the east northeast of the Jericho that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Jericho.
North Carolina
Caswell County
This Jericho is located in Caswell County and lies 542 miles [872.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Jericho that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caswell County community of Jericho.
Ohio
Butler County
This Jericho is located in Butler County and lies 414 miles [666.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Jericho that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Jericho.
Monroe County
This Jericho is located in Monroe County and lies 549 miles [883.5 km] to the northeast of the Jericho that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Jericho.
Wayne County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Wayne County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Jericho.
Ontario
This Jericho lies 699 miles [1,124.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Jericho that is located in Union County.
Pennsylvania
Cameron County
This Jericho is located in Cameron County and lies 746 miles [1,200.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Jericho that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cameron County community of Jericho.
Wayne County
This Jericho is located in Wayne County and lies 865 miles [1,392.1 km] to the northeast of the Jericho that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Jericho.
South Carolina
Charleston County
This Jericho is located in Charleston County and lies 499 miles [803.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Jericho that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of Jericho.
Texas
Donley County
This Jericho is located in Donley County and lies 689 miles [1,108.8 km]<1> to the west of the Jericho that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Donley County community of Jericho.
Shelby County
This Jericho is located in Shelby County and lies 371 miles [597.1 km] to the west southwest of the Jericho that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Jericho.
Utah
Juab County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Jericho [Juab County].
Vermont
Chittenden County
This Jericho is located in Chittenden County and lies 1,083 miles [1,742.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Jericho that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chittenden County community of Jericho.
Windsor County
This Jericho is located in Windsor County and lies 1,079 miles [1,736.5 km] to the northeast of the Jericho that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Windsor County community of Jericho.
Virginia
Carroll County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Jericho [Carroll County].
Suffolk City
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Jericho [Suffolk City].
Washington
Grant County
This Jericho is located in Grant County and lies 1,818 miles [2,925.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Jericho that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Jericho.
West Virginia
Hampshire County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Jericho [Hampshire County].
Wisconsin
Calumet County
This Jericho is located in Calumet County and lies 653 miles [1,050.9 km]<1> to the north of the Jericho that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calumet County community of Jericho.
Waukesha County
This Jericho is located in Waukesha County and lies 578 miles [930.2 km] to the north of the Jericho that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waukesha County community of Jericho.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jericho ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Jericho to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Jericho and extending to:
New Albany, which is the Seat of Union County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Jericho to New Albany, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 173 miles [278.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 715 miles [1,150.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,583 miles [10,594.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,301 miles [11,749.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,177 miles [8,331.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Jericho) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Jericho. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5112, Longitude: -88.7545 In this case, the coordinates for Jericho have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Jericho, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>
If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Jericho could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<4>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>
While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<7>
The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Jericho to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.933 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.878 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.894 degrees.