Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0Living in Merrimac, MA: what to set up and who to call
Merrimac runs its own electric utility, Town of Merrimac. New voters sign up with the Merrimac Town Clerk, which runs Merrimac’s elections.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Merrimac, 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 Merrimac.
Power comes from Town of Merrimac
Town of Merrimac (Town of Merrimac - (MA)), a municipal utility, serves all of Merrimac.
Start or move service: merrimac01860.info · (978) 346-8321
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Merrimac Water Department
Merrimac Water Department supplies Merrimac: about 96% of residents live in its service area. About 4% 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 6,988 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 Jul–Dec 2025, was 1.6 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. 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. MA3180000.
4 home internet providers serve Merrimac
100% of 2,277 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 100% | 2,000/250 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 61% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 43% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 20% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Merrimac’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Merrimac.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Merrimac is in Pentucket School District.
B+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.
Merrimac is in ZIP code 01860
ZIP codes where Merrimac residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Merrimac | ZIP’s residents in Merrimac |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01860 | Merrimac, 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 Merrimac
Who supplies Merrimac’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Merrimac Water Department (EPA ID MA3180000). 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 1.6 ppb (Jul–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Merrimac?
Town of Merrimac (Town of Merrimac - (MA)), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve Merrimac?
Xfinity, T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Merrimac?
01860. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Merrimac in?
Pentucket School District.
How do I register to vote in Merrimac?
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 Merrimac 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.