Welcome to Jericho ...

So far, we found very little information about Jericho. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Jericho to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Jericho, please Contact Us.

Jericho would have been located within present day Hampshire County<2>.

The location of Jericho has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Jericho, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1897.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Jericho is 1,390 feet [424 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Jericho was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Jericho would have been located in the (304) and (681)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named Jericho ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 42 communities that are also named Jericho - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, Connecticut, Indiana (2), Kansas, Kentucky (5), Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Brunswick, New Hampshire (2), New Jersey (2), New York (4), North Carolina, Ohio (3), Ontario, Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina, Texas (2), Utah, Vermont (2), Virginia (2), Washington and Wisconsin (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Jericho.

Communities near Jericho ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Jericho.

• Winchester
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
  • Winchester is located in Winchester City (VA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,700 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winchester <6>
• Strasburg
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strasburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strasburg
  • Strasburg is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,716 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Strasburg <6>
• Stephens City
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stephens City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens City
  • Stephens City is located in Frederick County (VA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,106 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stephens City <6>
• Middletown
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middletown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
  • Middletown is located in Frederick County (VA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,424 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Middletown <6>
• Capon Bridge
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Capon Bridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capon Bridge
  • Capon Bridge is located in Hampshire County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Capon Bridge <6>
• Toms Brook
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toms Brook
  • Toms Brook is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Toms Brook <6>
• Wardensville
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardensville
  • Wardensville is located in Hardy County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wardensville <6>
• Yellow Spring
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Spring
  • Yellow Spring is located in Hampshire County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yellow Spring <6>
• Rosenberger
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosenberger have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosenberger
  • Rosenberger is located in Frederick County (VA)
• Mountain Falls
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Falls
  • Mountain Falls is located in Frederick County (VA)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Jericho. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Jericho.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Jericho. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jericho.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Jericho. See our Newspapers Page for Jericho.

Adding Jericho to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Jericho in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Jericho was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Jericho post office opened in 1897.

We also found Jericho on a map titled Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Jericho.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/