John B. Gough House · Photo: Tim Pierce · CC BY 3.0Living in Boylston, MA: what to set up and who to call
Boylston runs its own electric utility, Town of Boylston. Boylston runs its own elections, so the Boylston Town Clerk, not a county office, keeps the voter rolls.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Boylston, 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 Boylston.
Power comes from Town of Boylston
Town of Boylston (Town of Boylston - (MA)), a municipal utility, serves all of Boylston.
Start or move service: boylston-ma.gov · (508) 869-2626
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Boylston Water District
Boylston Water District supplies Boylston: about 90% of residents live in its service area. About 10% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 3,343 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 3.1 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 83% 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. MA2039000.
5 home internet providers serve Boylston
99% of 1,815 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 71% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 98% | 1,000/35 |
| Verizon | Fiber, Fixed wireless | 82% | 980/880 |
| SELCO | Fiber | 3% | 1,000/1,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 49% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 16% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Boylston
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Boylston, from the town’s own site.
Wachusett Watershed Regional Recycling Center
131 Raymond Huntington Highway, West Boylston, MA 01583
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
Accepted at the curb
- Bottles, Jars, Jugs and Tubs
- Mixed Paper, Newspaper, Magazines, Boxes
- Food and Beverage Cans
From boylston-ma.gov, cms3.revize.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 9/28/2026. 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.
Boylston is in Berlin-Boylston 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 Jun 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Boylston is in ZIP code 01505
ZIP codes where Boylston residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Boylston | ZIP’s residents in Boylston |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01505 | Boylston, 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 Boylston
Who supplies Boylston’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Boylston Water District (EPA ID MA2039000). 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 3.1 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Boylston?
Town of Boylston (Town of Boylston - (MA)), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve Boylston?
Spectrum, Verizon, SELCO, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Boylston?
01505. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Boylston in?
Berlin-Boylston School District.
How do I register to vote in Boylston?
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 Boylston Town 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: Boylston’s own website (boylston-ma.gov, cms3.revize.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.