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View Of North Dighton Village in 1881Photo: Asn87 · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Dighton handbook

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

Dighton Water District reported 8 health-based violations to EPA in the last five years: disinfection byproducts (TTHM) ×8. 80% of systems its size reported none. To register to vote, go to the Dighton Town Clerk: Dighton runs its own elections.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Dighton, 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 Dighton.

Electricity

Power comes from National Grid

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

Dighton Water District supplies Dighton: about 77% of residents live in its service area. North Dighton Fire District serves another 13%. About 12% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Somerset Water Department and Taunton Water Division as sellers) and serves 5,280 people in all.

8 health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: disinfection byproducts (TTHM) ×8, the latest beginning Apr 2026. 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people had none.

Lead, 90th percentile1.6 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2026, was 1.6 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 3.0 ppb. That’s higher than 61% 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. MA4076000.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Dighton

100% of 2,932 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 23% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable99%2,000/250
VerizonFiber, Fixed wireless38%980/880
T-MobileFixed wireless45%100/20
AT&TFixed wireless14%25/3

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

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Dighton is any weekday, depending on your street

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Dighton, from the town’s own site.

Pickup

Your pickup week

Transfer station

Dighton Transfer Station

865 Tremont Street, North Dighton, MA 02764

MTWTFSS
8a
10a
12p
2p
4p
  • Fri9 am–11 am
  • Sat8 am–3 pm

Cost: Window Decal Annual $30.00; Day Pass $15.00

The town’s recycling and trash guidesGuide to Safely Managing Hazardous Household Products →

From dighton-ma.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2009, 7/1/26. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Dighton kids go to
PK–4Dighton ElementaryDighton-Rehoboth School District
5–8Dighton Middle SchoolDighton-Rehoboth School District
9–12Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High SchoolDighton-Rehoboth School District

Dighton is in Dighton-Rehoboth 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.

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

Dighton spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of DightonZIP’s residents in Dighton
02764North Dighton, MA50%100%
02715Dighton, MA50%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 Dighton

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

Dighton Water District (EPA ID MA4076000). It reported 8 health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026: disinfection byproducts (TTHM) ×8. 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.6 ppb (Jan–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Dighton?

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

What internet providers serve Dighton?

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

What ZIP codes are in Dighton?

02764 (50%), 02715 (50%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Dighton in?

Dighton-Rehoboth School District.

How do I register to vote in Dighton?

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 Dighton 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: Dighton’s own website (dighton-ma.gov), 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.