Jericho

History

Located in the Town of Oyster Bay, Jericho was part of the Robert Williams Plantation in 1648. The English families who settled in Jericho were, or soon became, Quakers, members of the Society of Friends. Many fled from persecution in England and in the New England Colonies. They sought a peaceful existence as farmers. The name of the area was changed in 1692 from Lusum to Jericho after the town in the Middle East near the Jordan River mentioned in the Bible as part of the Promised Land. The [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Census_of_slaves%2C_1755._%28IA_censusofslaves1700ocal%29.pdf Census of slaves], conducted in the Province of New York in 1755, contains a long list of enslaved individuals in Oyster Bay, including the hamlets of Jericho and what is now North Hempstead. It is followed by a remarkable additional list of "free Negroes Melattoes [people of Afro-European ancestry] and Mustees [people of Afro-Indigenous ancestry] Resideing within ye Township of Oysterbay that may probably Be Likely In case of Insurrections To be as Mischevious as ye Slaves." (Free individuals were not supposed to be reported for the Census; a local militia captain supplied it on his own initiative, with the expectation "that ye Other Captains in Oysterbay will acquaint Your Honour [governor of New York] of those Resideing in ye Other parts of ye Township.") Slavery was abolished locally in 1817, with the help of Elias Hicks. (A Hempstead carpenter, Hicks had moved to his wife’s family's farm in Jericho in 1771, where he became a noted preacher of Quaker doctrine.) A post office was established in 1802, a cider mill in the mid-19th century, and the first public elementary school (known as the Cedar Swamp School) in 1905. Improvements to infrastructure were made with…

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land. There is another community known as Jericho in New York, located in the extreme northern corner of the state, in the Town of Altona, Clinton County. The main entrance to SUNY Old Westbury is located within Jericho. The local hardiness zone is 7a. Jericho consists of three villages and one unincorporated hamlet: * Jericho * Brookville * Upper Brookville * Old Brookville (part, with Greater Glen Cove).

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Largest nearby schools

• SYOSSET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
  High · SYOSSET · 2,266 students · 10.1:1 ratio
• FREEPORT HIGH SCHOOL
  High · FREEPORT · 2,264 students · 13.5:1 ratio
• UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL
  High · UNIONDALE · 2,080 students · 11.6:1 ratio
• ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
  Other · HEMPSTEAD · 1,880 students · 17.1:1 ratio
• HEMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL
  High · HEMPSTEAD · 1,866 students · 23.6:1 ratio
• HICKSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
  High · HICKSVILLE · 1,852 students · 13:1 ratio
• NEW HYDE PARK MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL
  High · NEW HYDE PARK · 1,727 students · 13.7:1 ratio
• NASSAU BOCES
  Other · GARDEN CITY · 1,712 students · 4.4:1 ratio