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The Granby handbook

Living in Granby, CT: what to set up and who to call

New voters sign up with the Granby Town Clerk, which runs Granby’s elections. The closest public drop-off to Granby is Simsbury Bulky Waste / Recycling, 4 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Granby, 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 Granby.

Electricity

Power comes from Farmington River Power Company

Farmington River Power Company (Farmington River Power Company), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Granby.

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Aquarion-Simsbury Regional

Aquarion-Simsbury Regional supplies Granby: about 13% of residents live in its service area. Salmon Brook District Water Dept serves another 10%. About 77% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 14,691 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.

Lead, 90th percentile0.3 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jul–Dec 2025, was 0.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 66% 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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. CT1280021.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Granby

97% of 4,428 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 66% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Cox CommunicationsCable, Fiber94%2,000/100
FrontierFiber, DSL72%7,000/7,000
T-MobileFixed wireless33%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless24%300/20
AT&TFixed wireless13%25/3

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

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Granby depends on your street

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Granby, from the town’s own site.

How trash works hereTown’s haulerThe town’s contract hauler picks up at the curb for every homegranby-ct.gov
Trash dayBy addressDepends on your address
Pickup

Your pickup week

Transfer station

Granby Transfer Station

103 Old Stagecoach Road, Granby, CT 06035

Permit needed

We couldn’t find its opening hours.

What goes in the recycling bin

Single-stream recycling

All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.

  • Aseptic containers (juice box or milk carton)
  • Boxboard
  • Catalogs
  • Junk mail
  • Books
Recycling drop-off

Incorporated Industries, LLC

180 West Newberry Road, Bloomfield, CT 06002

Recycling drop-off

Babylon Recycling Center, LLC

1221 Harvey Lane, Suffield, CT 06078

Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsCall to bookBulky items accepted at the Transfer Station (fee applies); if unable to arrange disposal, schedule curbside pickup directly with USA Waste & Recycling at 860-746-3200
Get the permit from the Town Clerk(860) 844-5308Mon-Wed 8 am-4 pm; Thu 8 am-6 pm; Fri 8 am-12:30 pm; or by appointment

From granby-ct.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Granby kids go to
PK–2Kelly Lane Primary SchoolGranby School District
3–5Wells Road Intermediate SchoolGranby School District
6–8Granby Memorial Middle SchoolGranby School District
9–12Granby Memorial High SchoolGranby School District

Granby is in Granby 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 2024; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

Granby spans 3 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of GranbyZIP’s residents in Granby
06035Granby, CT67%99%
06060North Granby, CT22%100%
06090West Granby, CT11%100%
Area code860Wikidata

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 Granby

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

Aquarion-Simsbury Regional (EPA ID CT1280021). 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 0.3 ppb (Jul–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Granby?

Farmington River Power Company (Farmington River Power Company), an investor-owned utility.

What internet providers serve Granby?

Cox Communications, Frontier, T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Granby?

06035 (67%), 06060 (22%), 06090 (11%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Granby in?

Granby School District.

How do I register to vote in Granby?

In Connecticut you can register online until 18 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 18 days before). Elections here are run by the Granby Town Clerk. Check your registration at portaldir.ct.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: Granby’s own website (granby-ct.gov), 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 Sep 30, 2026 (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.