Living in Garden City, AL: what to set up and who to call
Power in Garden City comes from Cullman Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. Cullman Public Libary - Garden City Branch Library, at 501 First Avenue S, is the library in town.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Garden City, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Garden City.
Power comes from Cullman Electric Coop
Cullman Electric Coop (Cullman Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Garden City. Its homes paid an average of 14.6¢ per kWh in 2025, about $184 a month (its average across Alabama).
Start or move service: cullmanec.com · (256) 737-3200
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Garden City Water Department
Garden City Water Department supplies Garden City: about 86% of residents live in its service area. City of Hanceville, the Ww & Sb of the serves another 11%. About 4% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Cullman County Water Department and City of Hanceville, the Ww & Sb of the and Blount County Water Authority as sellers) and serves 798 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2024–Dec 2026, was 4.7 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 90% 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. AL0000404.
5 home internet providers serve Garden City
100% of 260 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sprout Fiber Internet | Fiber | 100% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 81% | 1,000/1,000 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless, DSL, Fiber | 29% | 25/3 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 50% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 5% | 25/6 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Garden City’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Garden City.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Garden City is in Cullman County School District.
Test scores and every school: see Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jul 2019; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Garden City spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Garden City residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Garden City | ZIP’s residents in Garden City |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35077 | Hanceville, AL | 82% | 3% |
| 35070 | Garden City, AL | 18% | 100% |
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
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 Garden City
Who supplies Garden City’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Garden City Water Department (EPA ID AL0000404). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 4.7 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Garden City?
Cullman Electric Coop (Cullman Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 14.6¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Garden City?
Sprout Fiber Internet, Spectrum, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Garden City?
35077 (82%), 35070 (18%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Garden City in?
Cullman County School District.
How do I register to vote in Garden City?
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 Cullman 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.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- 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.