 Others disagree, pointing to a community vote in the 1950s not to be served by the Georgetown Post Office, which is closer than the Ridgefield Post Office.Branchville was named for the Danbury and Norwalk Railroad's “branch” line extending west to Ridgefield village, a four-mile (6.4 km) run on a long incline [Branchville's elevation is  while the old village station was about above sea level].Native Americans had previously referred to the southeast corner of present-day Ridgefield as Wheer Cock.