Jericho is the name of an old city in Palestine.
Jericho is also the name of some places in the United States of America, presumably named for the place in the Middle East:
... 21.9 km² (8.5 mi²) of it is land and 2.0 km² (0.8 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 8.24% water.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there ...