Explore Branchville, Connecticut, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Branchville, Connecticut. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Connecticut or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Branchville.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Branchville |
| State | Connecticut (CT) |
| County | Fairfield County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 41.267596 |
| Longitude | -73.441788 |
| Population | 262 |
| Density | 503.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 06877 |
| Area Code | 203, 475, 860, 959 |
| County Seat | Bridgeport |
| School District | Ridgefield School District |
Branchville unfolds as a collection of quiet intersections and wooded slopes, defined primarily by the persistent, low-slung course of the Cooper Pond Brook that cuts through the landscape. It lies 8.8 miles south of Danbury, CT (from Danbury, CT: bearing 176°T), and is situated 4.7 miles east-northeast of Lewisboro. The land here rises in modest, uneven swells toward the prominence of Cedar Mountain, which stands as a silent sentinel just a mile to the west. Broad-leafed trees dominate the thin soil, casting long, fractured shadows across the property lines that trace the old, moss-covered stone walls. A mile away, the surface of Johns Pond holds the gray light of late afternoon, reflecting the stillness of an inland basin that feels removed from the frantic pace of the wider world. At the center of this terrain, Branchville Civic Field provides a flat, open expanse where the grass turns brittle under the autumn frost, offering a rare clearing in a region otherwise thick with stubborn, second-growth timber.
Economic life in Branchville has long been shaped by the rhythm of the rails and the necessity of navigating the rugged, uneven topography of Redding Glen nearby. Where once the clatter of industry defined the local character, the present atmosphere is one of deliberate preservation, maintaining a sparse, functional architecture that favors utility over ornament. The legacy of colonial-era trade lingers in the way the roads follow the natural contours of the stream, avoiding the steeper elevations that guard the perimeter of the village. Daily life here moves with a certain gravity, marked by the sound of tires on asphalt and the occasional train whistle echoing against the hills. Despite the encroachment of modern suburban quiet, Branchville retains a residual hardness, a sense that the residents are still working in concert with a landscape that was never particularly easy to tame or settle.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Branchville, Connecticut. Coordinates: 41.267596, -73.441788. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Branchville includes the ZIP code (06877), telephone area code (203, 475, 860, 959), county seat of Fairfield County (Bridgeport), and school district assignment (Ridgefield School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |