Located at the intersection of Jericho Rd @ Jericho Rd, I thought this would be an appropriate place for the placement of this cache
Bainbridge was settled over 200 years ago by people who had the courage to settle in a new frontier area. The first Europeans in Bainbridge were displaced by settlers from Vermont, known as the Vermont Sufferers, who were given land in what is now Bainbridge and Afton. The town of Bainbridge was formed in 1791 as Jericho, which was part of Tioga County until 1798, and changed to Bainbridge in 1814. The village incorporated in 1829.
Why did the name change from Jericho to Bainbridge? The village residents became embarrassed about the first name. In 1789, residents began building a meetinghouse in what is now the Village Green, but the building was never completed. Still a shell in 1813, it was mysteriously destroyed by fire. News of the fire travelled fast, and Jericho’s reputation was tarnished as the wicked place where they burned the church. The name was changed the next year to commemorate Commodore William Bainbridge, commander of the frigate Constitution during the War of 1812. He never stepped foot in the town that would bear his name.
-Source http://bainbridgeny.org/history/