Official Name: | Jericho, Calumet County, Wisconsin |
Pushpin Map: | Wisconsin#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Jericho |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Wisconsin |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Calumet |
Subdivision Type3: | Town |
Subdivision Name3: | Brothertown |
Established Title: | established |
Established Date: | 1855 |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Coordinates: | 43.97°N -88.2664°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Area Code: | 920 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Jericho is an unincorporated community in the town of Brothertown in Calumet County, Wisconsin, United States. Jericho is located at the intersection of County highways C & H.[1] Jericho is part of the Holyland region in Wisconsin.[2]
Jericho was settled in 1855 as a station on the plank road between Brothertown and Sheboygan.[3] One of its first settlers was J. M. Parkins who constructed Sechter's Inn as one of the community's first buildings.