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St. Clair County Courthouse in Ashville, AlabamaPhoto: Rudi Weikard · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Ashville handbook

Living in Ashville, AL: what to set up and who to call

Most mail in Ashville goes to 35953 (93% of residents), one of 2 ZIP codes in town. For an emergency, St. Vincent's St. Clair is the closest ER, 16 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Ashville, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Ashville.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Ashville Water and Sewer

Ashville Water and Sewer supplies Ashville: about 60% of residents live in its service area. About 40% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water (EPA lists Odenville Utilities Board as seller) and serves 4,107 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile4.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 4.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 6.0 ppb. That’s higher than 87% of similar systems’ latest results.

The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report

EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. AL0001176.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Ashville

92% of 1,035 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 65% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Windstream AlabamaFiber, DSL83%2,000/2,000
SpectrumCable, Fiber79%1,000/1,000
XfinityFiber3%2,000/2,000
VerizonFixed wireless57%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless54%100/20
AT&TFixed wireless40%25/3

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Ashville’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Ashville.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Ashville kids go to
PK–4Ashville Elementary SchoolSt. Clair County School District
5–8Ashville Middle SchoolSt. Clair County School District
9–12Ashville High SchoolSt. Clair County School District

Ashville is in St. Clair County School District.

B−School gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2021; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Ashville spans 2 ZIP codes

ZIP codes where Ashville residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of AshvilleZIP’s residents in Ashville
35953Ashville, AL93%28%
35987Steele, AL7%6%
Area code205Wikidata

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

Getting around, the ER and the library

One line each; the subject pages have the rest.

ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Ashville

Who supplies Ashville’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Ashville Water and Sewer (EPA ID AL0001176). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 4.0 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.

What internet providers serve Ashville?

Windstream Alabama, Spectrum, Xfinity, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Ashville?

35953 (93%), 35987 (7%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Ashville in?

St. Clair County School District.

How do I register to vote in Ashville?

In Alabama you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person until 15 days before Election Day, or by mail (received 15 days before). Elections here are run by the St. Clair County Circuit Clerk. Check your registration at myinfo.alabamavotes.gov.

Sources & dates

Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.

  • Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
  • Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
  • ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
  • Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
  • Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
  • Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
  • Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.