Photo: Chris Pruitt · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Hartselle, AL: what to set up and who to call
Hartselle runs its own electric utility, City of Hartselle; its homes paid 13.0¢ per kWh in 2025. Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus, 10.6 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Hartselle, 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 Hartselle.
Power comes from City of Hartselle
City of Hartselle (City of Hartselle), a municipal utility, serves 87.0% of Hartselle residents. Its homes paid an average of 13.0¢ per kWh in 2025, about $149 a month (its average across Alabama).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from City of Hartselle Utility Board
City of Hartselle Utility Board supplies almost all of Hartselle. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Decatur, Municipal Ub of as seller) and serves 22,233 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 2023–Dec 2025, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.
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. AL0001086.
5 home internet providers serve Hartselle
98% of 6,262 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 72% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 96% | 1,000/35 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fiber, Fixed wireless | 94% | 5,000/5,000 |
| FlashFiber | Fiber | 34% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 80% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 37% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Hartselle
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Hartselle, from the town’s own site.
City of Hartselle Landfill
99 Lovelady Street NW, Hartselle, AL 35640
- Mon7:30 am–4 pm
- Tue7:30 am–4 pm
- Wed7:30 am–4 pm
- Thu7:30 am–4 pm
- Fri7:30 am–4 pm
- Sat8 am–noon
Accepted at the curb
- Newspaper and Newspaper inserts
- Magazines and Catalogs
- Junk mail and envelopes
- Cardboard
- Boxboard (cereal, cake and soft drink boxes)
- Office and School Papers (colored paper too)
- Paper bags
- Aluminum cans
- Tin and Steel cans (rinsed)
- Plastic bottles
- Plastic milk jugs
- Phone books
From hartselle.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026. 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.
Most of Hartselle (88%) is in Hartselle City School District; parts are in Morgan County School District (12%).
ASchool 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.
Hartselle is in ZIP code 35640
ZIP codes where Hartselle residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Hartselle | ZIP’s residents in Hartselle |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35640 | Hartselle, AL | 100% | 60% |
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 Hartselle
Who supplies Hartselle’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
City of Hartselle Utility Board (EPA ID AL0001086). 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 0.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Hartselle?
City of Hartselle (City of Hartselle), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 13.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Hartselle?
Spectrum, AT&T, FlashFiber, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Hartselle?
35640. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Hartselle in?
Hartselle City School District. Parts of the city are in Morgan County School District.
How do I register to vote in Hartselle?
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 Morgan 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: Hartselle’s own website (hartselle.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.