Living in Good Hope, AL: what to set up and who to call
Power in Good Hope comes from Cullman Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. Cullman County Public Library, 4.9 miles away, is the closest library to Good Hope.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Good Hope, 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 Good Hope.
Power comes from Cullman Electric Coop
Cullman Electric Coop (Cullman Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Good Hope. 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 East Cullman Water System
East Cullman Water System supplies Good Hope: about 79% of residents live in its service area. About 19% 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 Joppa Hulaco & Ryan Water Authority and City of Cullman as sellers) and serves 13,284 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 0.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 60% 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. AL0000402.
5 home internet providers serve Good Hope
99% of 1,136 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 78% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 85% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Sprout Fiber Internet | Fiber | 80% | 2,000/2,000 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber | 77% | 50/10 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 74% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 66% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Good Hope’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Good Hope.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Good Hope is in Cullman County School District.
A−School gradeSee 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.
Good Hope spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Good Hope residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Good Hope | ZIP’s residents in Good Hope |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35057 | Cullman, AL | 53% | 9% |
| 35055 | Cullman, AL | 39% | 4% |
| 35077 | Hanceville, AL | 8% | 1% |
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 Good Hope
Who supplies Good Hope’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
East Cullman Water System (EPA ID AL0000402). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.9 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Good Hope?
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 Good Hope?
Spectrum, Sprout Fiber Internet, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Good Hope?
35057 (53%), 35055 (39%), 35077 (8%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Good Hope in?
Cullman County School District.
How do I register to vote in Good Hope?
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.