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The Blakely handbook

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

Blakely runs its own electric utility, City of Blakely. Public schools here are run by Early County School District.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Blakely, 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 Blakely.

Electricity

Power comes from City of Blakely

City of Blakely (City of Blakely - (GA)), a municipal utility, serves 75.7% of Blakely residents.

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 Blakely water system

The Blakely water system supplies almost all of Blakely. It draws ground water and serves 5,716 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 percentile1.4 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 1.4 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 58% 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. GA0990000.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Blakely

79% of 2,104 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 69% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Windstream Georgia TelephoneDSL, Fiber74%2,000/2,000
Kudzu NetworksFiber58%1,000/1,000
VerizonFixed wireless79%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless6%25/3

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

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Blakely depends on your street

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

How trash works hereTown pickupTown crews pick up at the curbcityofblakely.net
Trash dayBy addressDepends on your address
LandfillCity of Blakely Landfill (transfer station and compactor)Hours ↓
Pickup

Your pickup week

Landfill

City of Blakely Landfill (transfer station and compactor)

43 Malone Road, Blakely, GA

MTWTFSS
8a
10a
12p
2p
4p
  • Mon7 am–1 pm, 8 am–4:30 pm
  • Tue7 am–1 pm, 8 am–4:30 pm
  • Wed7 am–1 pm, 8 am–4:30 pm
  • Thu7 am–1 pm, 8 am–4:30 pm
  • Fri7 am–1 pm, 8 am–4:30 pm
  • Sat7 am–1 pm
  • Sun7 am–1 pm
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsCity does not pick up large furniture, appliances, tires, batteries or construction debris; residents take them to the landfill at 43 Malone Road, Mon-Fri 8:00 am-4:30 pm

From cityofblakely.net, 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.

Blakely kids go to
PK–6Early County Elementary SchoolEarly County School District
7–8Early County Middle SchoolEarly County School District
9–12Early County High SchoolEarly County School District

Blakely is in Early County School District.

C−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 Nov 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Blakely is in ZIP code 39823

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of BlakelyZIP’s residents in Blakely
39823Blakely, GA100%61%
Area code229Wikidata

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 Blakely

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

The Blakely water system (EPA ID GA0990000). 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 1.4 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Blakely?

City of Blakely (City of Blakely - (GA)), a municipal utility.

What internet providers serve Blakely?

Windstream Georgia Telephone, Kudzu Networks, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Blakely?

39823. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Blakely in?

Early County School District.

How do I register to vote in Blakely?

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 Early 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: Blakely’s own website (cityofblakely.net), 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.