Living in Hartford, AL: what to set up and who to call
Hartford runs its own electric utility, City of Hartford. For a library card, the closest branch is Hartford - Mcgregor-Mckinney Public Library, 0.6 miles out.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Hartford, 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 Hartford.
Power comes from City of Hartford
City of Hartford (City of Hartford - (AL)), a municipal utility, serves all of Hartford.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from City of Hartford water system
The City of Hartford water system supplies Hartford: about 96% of residents live in its service area. About 4% 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 City of Geneva, the Ww & Sb of the and Slocomb Water Works & Sewer Board as sellers) and serves 4,140 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 1.7 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 62% 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. AL0000624.
6 home internet providers serve Hartford
95% of 1,248 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 80% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 93% | 1,000/35 |
| Brightspeed | Fiber, DSL | 79% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Troy Cablevision | Fiber | 6% | 10,000/10,000 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 83% | 25/3 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 76% | 100/20 |
| Rapid Wireless | Fixed wireless | 24% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Hartford depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Hartford, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s dayFind your street’s day on cityofhartfordal.org →
From cityofhartfordal.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026-09-27. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Hartford is in Geneva 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.
Hartford is in ZIP code 36344
ZIP codes where Hartford residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Hartford | ZIP’s residents in Hartford |
|---|---|---|---|
| 36344 | Hartford, AL | 100% | 45% |
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 Hartford
Who supplies Hartford’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The City of Hartford water system (EPA ID AL0000624). 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 1.7 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Hartford?
City of Hartford (City of Hartford - (AL)), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve Hartford?
Spectrum, Brightspeed, Troy Cablevision, AT&T, T-Mobile, Rapid Wireless (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Hartford?
36344. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Hartford in?
Geneva County School District.
How do I register to vote in Hartford?
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 Geneva 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: Hartford’s own website (cityofhartfordal.org), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- 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.