Jericho (Village)

Jericho Village
"Old Red Mill" also "Chittenden Mill"
Location in Vermont
Jericho Village
Basic data
Foundation :	June 7, 1763
State :	United States
State :	Vermont
County :	Chittenden County
Coordinates :	44 ° 30 ′  N , 72 ° 59 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 30 ′  N , 72 ° 59 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	1,329 (as of 2010)
Population density :	369.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	3.6 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of which 3.6 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) are land
Height :	189 m
Postcodes :	05451 to 05453
Area code :	+1 802
FIPS :	50-36625
GNIS ID :	1458001
Website :	www.jerichovt.gov

Jericho Village is a village in the town of Jericho in Chittenden County , Vermont , United States with 1,329 inhabitants (according to the 2010 census). The Jericho Village Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places . Jericho Village is located northeast of Chittenden County, in the Green Mountains . The water-rich Winooski River flows through the village in a westerly direction. It initially runs along the northern border, then flows through it centrally in a southern direction and then leaves the village in a westerly direction at the southern border. The town borders Essex to the west , otherwise the town of Jericho surrounds the village.

history

Jericho was proclaimed on June 7, 1763 by Benning Wentworth as part of New Hampshire with an area of ​​6 by 6 miles, corresponding to the usual 23,040 acres (about 93.2 km²) for settlement. The banks of the Winooski River, where several mills were built, were an important settlement area. There were six mill privileges. One of these privileges was never used, this mill was never built, four mills have been destroyed by fire or flood disasters in the past decades. What remained was the mill, which was based on the first mill privilege granted, the "Old Red Mill", also "Chittenden Mill", built in 1856 as a successor. It was declared a National Historic Site in 1972 and is now home to the Jericho Historic Society.

literature

• Zadock Thompson: History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts . 3rd volume. Chauncey Goodrich, Burlington 1842 ( limited preview in Google book search).
• Abby Maria Hemenway: The Vermont historical Gazetteer . 1st volume. Burlington, Vermont 1867, p. 829 ff .

Web links

Commons : Jericho (town), Vermont  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Town website
• Entry on VirtualVermont.com ( Memento from May 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jericho Village in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed September 16, 2017
2. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
3. ↑ Entry in the National Register of Historic Places , accessed on September 16, 2017