Photo: Dough4872 · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Bellefonte, DE: what to set up and who to call
In Bellefonte, trash day is Friday (Casella Waste Management collects). Bellefonte has an emergency room in town, at Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Bellefonte, 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 Bellefonte.
Power comes from Delmarva Power
Delmarva Power (Delmarva Power), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Bellefonte. Its homes paid an average of 18.2¢ per kWh in 2025, about $162 a month (its average across Delaware, for customers on its standard service). Delaware lets you buy power from another supplier; 9% of Delmarva Power’s home customers do, and Delmarva Power still delivers it.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Veolia Water Delaware, Inc
Veolia Water Delaware, Inc supplies Bellefonte: about 86% of residents live in its service area. About 14% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water (EPA lists Newark Water Department and Wilmington Water Department and Chester Water Authority as sellers) and serves 100,495 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 86% of the 332 systems serving 100,001–250,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 64% 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. DE0000564.
4 home internet providers serve Bellefonte
100% of 520 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 98% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verizon | Fiber, Fixed wireless | 100% | 980/880 |
| Xfinity | Cable | 100% | 2,000/250 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 93% | 100/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 93% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Bellefonte is Friday
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Bellefonte, from the town’s own site.
This month
- TrashEvery week
- RecyclingEvery other week · which week: townofbellefonte.com
Accepted at the curb
- Newspapers
- Magazines
- Catalogues
- Office paper
- Phone books
- Cardboard
- Cereal boxes
- Mail (including junk mail)
- All paperboard
- Aluminum beverage cans
- Steel food cans (rinsed)
- Empty aerosol cans
- All glass (food and beverage containers only)
- Plastic bottles and jugs
From townofbellefonte.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 22, 2026; pages dated 2026-01-06. 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.
Bellefonte is in Brandywine School District.
BSchool 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 Sep 2019; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Bellefonte is in ZIP code 19809
ZIP codes where Bellefonte residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Bellefonte | ZIP’s residents in Bellefonte |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19809 | Wilmington, DE | 100% | 8% |
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 Bellefonte
Who supplies Bellefonte’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Veolia Water Delaware, Inc (EPA ID DE0000564). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 86% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.0 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Bellefonte?
Delmarva Power (Delmarva Power), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 18.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Bellefonte?
Verizon, Xfinity, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Bellefonte?
19809. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Bellefonte in?
Brandywine School District.
How do I register to vote in Bellefonte?
In Delaware you can register online until 24 days before Election Day, in person until 24 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 24 days before). Elections here are run by the Department of Elections - New Castle County Office. Check your registration at ivote.de.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: Bellefonte’s own website (townofbellefonte.com), read Oct 22, 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.