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Oakes Ames Memorial Hall and Ames Free Library (North Easton, MA)Photo: Daderot · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Easton handbook

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

Voting is local here: the Easton Town Clerk registers voters and runs elections, not the county. Ames Free Library of Easton, Inc, 2.0 miles away, is the closest library to Easton.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Easton, 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 Easton.

Electricity

Power comes from National Grid

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

Easton Water Div supplies almost all of Easton. It draws ground water and serves 25,058 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.

Lead, 90th percentile1.9 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2026, was 1.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 5.9 ppb. That’s higher than 64% 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. MA4088000.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Easton

100% of 6,942 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 84% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable, Fiber99%2,000/250
VerizonFiber, Fixed wireless94%980/880
T-MobileFixed wireless46%100/20
AT&TFixed wireless32%25/3

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Easton’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Easton.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Easton kids go to
PK–2Blanche A. Ames Elementary SchoolEaston School District
3–5Richardson Olmsted SchoolEaston School District
6–8Easton Middle SchoolEaston School District
9–12Oliver Ames HighEaston School District

Easton is in Easton 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.

Government & voting

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.

ZIP codes & area codes

Easton spans 3 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of EastonZIP’s residents in Easton
02356North Easton, MA51%100%
02375South Easton, MA41%100%
02357North Easton, MA8%100%

A few homes fall in 02767. 02334 is P.O. box or single-organization ZIP with no homes.

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 Easton

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

Easton Water Div (EPA ID MA4088000). 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 1.9 ppb (Jan–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Easton?

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

What internet providers serve Easton?

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

What ZIP codes are in Easton?

02356 (51%), 02375 (41%), 02357 (8%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Easton in?

Easton School District.

How do I register to vote in Easton?

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 Easton 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.