Olive Hill C & O Depot · Photo: CoryClaxon · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Olive Hill, KY: what to set up and who to call
Olive Hill runs its own electric utility, City of Olive Hill. Tap water in Olive Hill comes from Olive Hill Municipal Water Works, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 20% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result below detection.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Olive Hill, 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 Olive Hill.
Power comes from City of Olive Hill
City of Olive Hill (City of Olive Hill - (KY)), a municipal utility, serves 99.0% of Olive Hill residents.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Olive Hill Municipal Water Works
Olive Hill Municipal Water Works supplies almost all of Olive Hill. It draws surface water (EPA lists Rattlesnake Ridge Water District and Rowan Water Inc as sellers) and serves 6,192 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2024–Dec 2026, 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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. KY0220335.
5 home internet providers serve Olive Hill
99% of 771 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 1% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 94% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Kinetic | DSL | 77% | 300/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 58% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 33% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 31% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Olive Hill’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Olive Hill.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Olive Hill is in Carter County School District.
A−School 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.
Olive Hill is in ZIP code 41164
ZIP codes where Olive Hill residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Olive Hill | ZIP’s residents in Olive Hill |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41164 | Olive Hill, KY | 100% | 13% |
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 Olive Hill
Who supplies Olive Hill’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Olive Hill Municipal Water Works (EPA ID KY0220335). 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 0.0 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Olive Hill?
City of Olive Hill (City of Olive Hill - (KY)), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve Olive Hill?
Spectrum, Kinetic, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Olive Hill?
41164. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Olive Hill in?
Carter County School District.
How do I register to vote in Olive Hill?
In Kentucky 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 Carter County Clerk. Check your registration at vrsws.sos.ky.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.