Photo: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Mount Washington, MA: what to set up and who to call
There is no curbside pickup in Mount Washington: residents take trash to Mount Washington Transfer Station. Mount Washington runs its own elections, so the Mount Washington Town Clerk, not a county office, keeps the voter rolls.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Mount Washington, 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 Mount Washington.
Power comes from National Grid
National Grid (Massachusetts Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Mount Washington. 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.
Which providers serve Mount Washington
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Mount Washington, the share of addresses that can get 100/20 Mbps and the share with fiber, with the map’s “as of” date.
Source to come: FCC Broadband Data Collection.
No curbside pickup in Mount Washington: trash goes to the transfer station
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Mount Washington, from the town’s own site.
Mount Washington Transfer Station
- Sat10 am–4 pm
The town’s page also lists “Wednesday 7:00 am-12:00 noon; Sunday 12:00 noon-5:00 pm”, which we couldn’t read as opening hours: check the town’s page for those days.
Cost: $300 per year
Accepted at the curb
- Plastic and glass food containers
- Household cleaning product containers
- Aluminum food trays
- Non-deposit beverage containers
- Clean paper, cardboard, magazines and books without covers
From mountwashington-ma.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 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.
Mount Washington is in Southern Berkshire School District.
Test scores and every school: see 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.
Mount Washington is in ZIP code 01258
ZIP codes where Mount Washington residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Mount Washington | ZIP’s residents in Mount Washington |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01258 | South Egremont, 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 Mount Washington
Who provides electricity in Mount Washington?
National Grid (Massachusetts Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 33.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Mount Washington?
01258. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Mount Washington in?
Southern Berkshire School District.
How do I register to vote in Mount Washington?
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 Mount Washington Town Clerk. Check your registration at sec.state.ma.us.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: Mount Washington’s own website (mountwashington-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): pending.