Photo: Fletcher6 · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Amesbury, MA: what to set up and who to call
Elections in Amesbury are run by Amesbury itself; register with the Amesbury City Clerk. The closest public drop-off to Amesbury is Colby Farm Lane Recycling Center, 3 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Amesbury, 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 Amesbury.
Power comes from National Grid
National Grid (Massachusetts Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Amesbury. Its homes paid an average of 33.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $164 a month (its average across Massachusetts, for customers on its standard service). Massachusetts lets you buy power from another supplier; 64% of National Grid’s home customers do, and National Grid still delivers it.
Start or move service: masselec.com · (972) 505-4700
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Amesbury Dpw Water Div.
Amesbury Dpw Water Div. supplies almost all of Amesbury. It draws surface water and serves 17,366 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 1.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 51% 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. MA3007000.
4 home internet providers serve Amesbury
100% of 4,849 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 2% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable, Fiber | 100% | 2,000/250 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless, Fiber | 65% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 42% | 25/3 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 27% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Amesbury depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Amesbury, from the town’s own site and the hauler or county pages it links to.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s dayLook up your day on amesburyma.gov
- RecyclingEvery other weekCheck which week on mellodisposal.com →
- Bulky itemsCall to book
G. Mello Transfer Station (Georgetown)
20 Carleton Drive, Georgetown, MA 01833
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
Cost: $100 per cart per calendar year (annual sticker, renewed annually)
Accepted at the curb
- All colors and textures of paper
- Glass, metal and plastic containers labeled Number 1 through Number 7
- Metal cans
- Metal jar lids
- Paper with staples or plastic envelope windows
Amesbury Compost Facility
60 South Hunt Road, Amesbury
From amesburyma.gov, the town’s official site; mellodisposal.com, which amesburyma.gov links to for trash, checked Oct 21, 2026. 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.
Amesbury is in Amesbury 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.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Amesbury is in ZIP code 01913
ZIP codes where Amesbury residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Amesbury | ZIP’s residents in Amesbury |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01913 | Amesbury, MA | 100% | 100% |
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 Amesbury
Who supplies Amesbury’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Amesbury Dpw Water Div. (EPA ID MA3007000). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.2 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Amesbury?
National Grid (Massachusetts Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 33.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Amesbury?
Xfinity, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Amesbury?
01913. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Amesbury in?
Amesbury School District.
How do I register to vote in Amesbury?
In Massachusetts you can register online until 10 days before Election Day, in person until 10 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 10 days before). Elections here are run by the Amesbury City Clerk. Check your registration at sec.state.ma.us.
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: Amesbury’s own website (amesburyma.gov) and the hauler or county pages it links to (mellodisposal.com), 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.