Jericho is in Central West Queensland. The town is centrally located in the south of its locality. The Capricorn Highway traverses the locality from west to east, passing through the town on Darwin Street. The Blackall Jericho Road commences at the town and exits the locality via the south. The Central Western railway passes through the town and locality, immediately to the south of the highway to the west of the town and immediately to the north of the highway to the east of the town. The town is served by the Jericho railway station on Darwin Street. Lagoon Creek rises north of the town and exits the locality to the north-east. Jordan Creek enters the locality from the south, passes to the immediate east of the town and splits into two branches north of the town, both of which exit the locality to the north. All of these watercourses became tributaries to the Alice River in Garfield and contribute to the Lake Eyre drainage basin. The principal land use outside of the town is grazing on native vegetation.
History
The first exploration by Europeans was by Major Thomas Mitchell who passed through the area in 1846. By the 1850s settlers had moved in. The Jordan Creek/River was named after Harry Jordan, an early settler in the area. The town and locality name are derived from the railway station which was named Jericho in 1885 by railway surveyor/engineer Willoughby Hannam, because it was the first station west of Jordan Creek. The Central Western railway was open to Jericho on 8 June 1885. Jericho Post Office opened on 2 July 1885. Jericho State School opened on 20 February 1888. In December 2010, half of the town's houses were indundated by floods. At the, Jericho and the surrounding region had a population of 369. On 22 November 2019 the Queensland Government decided to amalgamate the localities in the Barcaldine Region, resulting in five expanded localities based on the larger towns: Alpha, Aramac, Barcaldine, Jericho and Muttaburra. Jericho was expanded to incorporate Dunrobin, Garfield, Grant, Hobartville, Mexico, and Narbethong.
Jericho State School is a government primary school for boys and girls at Pasteur Street. In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 9 students with 1 teacher and 4 non-teaching staff.
Tourist attractions
Crystal Trumpeters and the statue of Joshua are both located within Jericho.
