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The Brimfield handbook

Living in Brimfield, MA: what to set up and who to call

Brimfield runs its own elections, so the Brimfield Town Clerk, not a county office, keeps the voter rolls. Two school districts split the grades in Brimfield: Brimfield School District and Tantasqua School District.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Brimfield, 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 Brimfield.

Electricity

Power comes from National Grid

National Grid (Massachusetts Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Brimfield. 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Meadowbrook Acres Mobile Home Park

Meadowbrook Acres Mobile Home Park supplies Brimfield: about 6% of residents live in its service area. About 91% 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 137 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people.

Lead, 90th percentile0.6 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2023, was 0.6 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 54% 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. MA1043001.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Brimfield

97% of 1,701 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable96%1,000/35
T-MobileFixed wireless74%100/20
AT&TFixed wireless15%25/3
VerizonFixed wireless9%300/20

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

Trash & recycling

The nearest public drop-off is 4 miles away

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Brimfield.

Nearest public drop-off · 3.8 mi from the center of Brimfield

Wales Transfer Station

3 Hollow Road, Wales, MA, 01081

This isn’t Brimfield’s own facility. Whether Brimfield residents may use it is the town’s rule: check brimfieldma.org.

OpenStreetMap, as of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Brimfield kids go to
PK–6Brimfield ElementaryBrimfield School District
7–8Tantasqua Regional Jr Highin Fiskdale
9–12Tantasqua Regional Sr Highin Fiskdale

Brimfield is in two districts that split the grades: Brimfield School District and Tantasqua School District.

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

ZIP codes & area codes

Brimfield is in ZIP code 01010

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of BrimfieldZIP’s residents in Brimfield
01010Brimfield, MA100%100%

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 Brimfield

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

Meadowbrook Acres Mobile Home Park (EPA ID MA1043001). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.6 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Brimfield?

National Grid (Massachusetts Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 33.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Brimfield?

Spectrum, T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Brimfield?

01010. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Brimfield in?

Brimfield School District and Tantasqua School District.

How do I register to vote in Brimfield?

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 Brimfield 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: 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.