Photo: W.marsh · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Williamstown, KY: what to set up and who to call
Williamstown runs its own electric utility, Williamstown Utility Comm. St. Elizabeth Grant, 0.6 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Williamstown, 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 Williamstown.
Power comes from Williamstown Utility Comm
Williamstown Utility Comm (Williamstown Utility Comm), a municipal utility, serves 80.2% of Williamstown residents.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Williamstown Municipal Water Dept
Williamstown Municipal Water Dept supplies almost all of Williamstown. It draws surface water and serves 5,495 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 2023–Dec 2025, was 3.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 7.0 ppb. That’s higher than 80% 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. KY0410472.
5 home internet providers serve Williamstown
99% of 1,381 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 85% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Williamstown | Cable, Fiber | 92% | 300/30 |
| altafiber | Fiber, DSL | 85% | 2,000/2,000 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 73% | 25/3 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 35% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 33% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Williamstown’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Williamstown.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Williamstown (57%) is in Williamstown Independent School District; parts are in Grant County School District (42%).
CSchool 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 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Williamstown is in ZIP code 41097
ZIP codes where Williamstown residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Williamstown | ZIP’s residents in Williamstown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41097 | Williamstown, KY | 100% | 54% |
A few homes fall in 41035.
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 Williamstown
Who supplies Williamstown’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Williamstown Municipal Water Dept (EPA ID KY0410472). 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 3.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Williamstown?
Williamstown Utility Comm (Williamstown Utility Comm), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve Williamstown?
City of Williamstown, altafiber, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Williamstown?
41097. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Williamstown in?
Williamstown Independent School District. Parts of the city are in Grant County School District.
How do I register to vote in Williamstown?
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 Grant 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.