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Aerial of downtown Blairsville, Georgia, and the Old Union County Courthouse 05Photo: Harrison Keely · CC BY 4.0
The Blairsville handbook

Living in Blairsville, GA: what to set up and who to call

Every home in Blairsville is in ZIP code 30512. Public schools here are run by Union County School District.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Blairsville, 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 Blairsville.

Electricity

Power comes from Georgia Power

Georgia Power (Georgia Power Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Blairsville. Its homes paid an average of 16.3¢ per kWh in 2025, about $161 a month (its average across Georgia).

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 Blairsville water system

The Blairsville water system supplies Blairsville: about 62% of residents live in its service area. About 36% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water and serves 4,035 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.

Lead, 90th percentile1.8 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 1.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 4.0 ppb. 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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. GA2910000.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Blairsville

99% of 264 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 83% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Windstream StandardCable, DSL, Fiber97%2,000/2,000
Blue Ridge Mountain Electric MembershipFiber76%1,000/1,000
VerizonFixed wireless68%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless53%100/20
AT&TFixed wireless3%25/3

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Blairsville’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Blairsville.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Blairsville kids go to
PK–2Union County Primary SchoolUnion County School District
3–5Union County Elementary SchoolUnion County School District
6–8Union County Middle SchoolUnion County School District
9–12Union County High SchoolUnion County School District

Blairsville is in Union County School District.

Test scores and every school: see 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 Nov 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Blairsville is in ZIP code 30512

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of BlairsvilleZIP’s residents in Blairsville
30512Blairsville, GA100%3%

30514 is P.O. box or single-organization ZIP with no homes.

Area code706Wikidata

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 Blairsville

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

The Blairsville water system (EPA ID GA2910000). 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 1.8 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Blairsville?

Georgia Power (Georgia Power Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 16.3¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Blairsville?

Windstream Standard, Blue Ridge Mountain Electric Membership, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Blairsville?

30512. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Blairsville in?

Union County School District.

How do I register to vote in Blairsville?

In Georgia you can register online until 29 days before Election Day, in person until 29 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 29 days before). Elections here are run by the Union County Board of Registrars. Check your registration at mvp.sos.ga.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.