Jericho, Wayne County, Pennsylvania

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{{infobox settlement

|name=Jericho, Pennsylvania

|official_name=Village of Jericho

|settlement_type=Village

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|image_caption=

|pushpin_map=Pennsylvania

|pushpin_map_alt=Map of Pennsylvania, with county borders indicated. A red dot in the upper right-hand corner is labeled "Jericho, Pennsylvania."

|pushpin_map_caption=Jericho's Location within Pennsylvania.

|pushpin_label=Jericho

|coordinates = {{coord|41|19|9|N|75|23|26|W|region:US-PA|display=inline,title}}

|subdivision_type=Country

|subdivision_name=United States

|subdivision_type1=State

|subdivision_name1=Pennsylvania

|subdivision_type2=U.S. Congressional District

|subdivision_name2=PA-10

|subdivision_type3=School District

|subdivision_name3=Western Wayne
Region III

|subdivision_type4=County

|subdivision_name4=Wayne

|subdivision_type5=Magisterial District

|subdivision_name5=22-3-01{{cite web|url=http://waynecountypa.gov/district-magistrate/|title=District Magistrate|author=|date=2015|website=Wayne County, PA|publisher=Wayne County Courthouse|accessdate=26 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141127164135/http://waynecountypa.gov/district-magistrate/|archive-date=27 November 2014|url-status=dead}}

|subdivision_type6=Township

|subdivision_name6=Sterling

|established_title=Settled

|established_date={{circa|1818|lk=yes}}{{cite book|last=Mathews|first=Alfred|date=1886|title=History of Wayne, Pike, and Monroe Counties, Pennsylvania|url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924028854953|location=Philadelphia|publisher=R.T. Peck & Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924028854953/page/n874 793]|accessdate=26 May 2015}}

|founder=Amasa Megargel

|named_for=Jericho, Palestine{{cite news|last=Herschell|first=Don|date=22 September 1995|title=Why name your town Ninevah?|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nWhfAAAAIBAJ&pg=2806%2C6574178|newspaper=Observer-Reporter|location=Washington and Greene Counties, Pennsylvania|page=B5|accessdate=24 May 2015}}

|timezone=Eastern (EST)

|utc_offset=-5

|timezone_DST=Eastern Daylight (EDT)

|utc_offset_DST=-4

|elevation_m=480

|elevation_ft=1575{{cite gnis|id=1203894|name=Jericho|entrydate=2 August 1979|accessdate=26 May 2015}}

|postal_code_type=ZIP code

|postal_code=De facto
18424{{cite web|url=https://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupResultsAction!input.action?resultMode=2&postalCode=18424|title=Look up a ZIP Code|author=|date=2015|website=USPS.COM|publisher=USPS|accessdate=26 May 2015}} (Gouldsboro)
18445{{cite web|url=https://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupResultsAction!input.action?resultMode=2&postalCode=18445|title=Look up a ZIP Code|author=|date=2015|website=USPS.COM|publisher=USPS|accessdate=26 May 2015}} (Newfoundland)

|area_code=570

|blank_name=GNIS feature ID

|blank_info=1203894

|blank1_name=FIPS code

|blank1_info=42-127-73968{{cite American Factfinder|PA|twp|4212773968|name=Sterling Township|accessdate=26 May 2015}}-38076

|blank2_name=Major Roads

|blank2_info=File:PA-196.svg

|blank3_name=Waterways

|blank3_info=Butternut Creek,{{cite gnis|id=1170813|name=Butternut Creek|entrydate=2 August 1979|accessdate=26 May 2015|links=off}} Memory Lake,{{cite gnis|id=1180920|name=Memory Lake|entrydate=2 August 1979|accessdate=26 May 2015|links=off}} Rock Port Creek,{{cite gnis|id=1185270|name=Rock Port Lake|entrydate=2 August 1979|accessdate=26 May 2015|links=off}} Lehigh River (West Fork)

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