Photo: John Phelan · CC BY 4.0Living in Southampton, MA: what to set up and who to call
There is no curbside pickup in Southampton: residents take trash to Moosebrook Road Transfer Station. Voting is local here: the Southampton Town Clerk registers voters and runs elections, not the county.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Southampton, 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 Southampton.
Power comes from Eversource
Eversource (NSTAR Electric Co., doing business as Eversource), an investor-owned utility, serves 85.3% of Southampton residents. Its homes paid an average of 21.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $102 a month (its average across Massachusetts, for customers on its standard service). Massachusetts lets you buy power from another supplier; 76% of Eversource’s home customers do, and Eversource still delivers it.
Start or move service: nstar.com · (800) 592-2000
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Southampton Water Dept
Southampton Water Dept supplies Southampton: about 86% of residents live in its service area. About 14% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys ground water influenced by surface water (EPA lists Easthampton Water Dept and Holyoke Water Works as sellers) and serves 4,853 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 Jun–Sep 2025, was 2.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 4.1 ppb. That’s higher than 73% 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. MA1276000.
6 home internet providers serve Southampton
99% of 2,462 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 3% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 99% | 1,000/35 |
| Xfinity | Cable | 3% | 2,000/250 |
| Netafy | Fixed wireless | 48% | 150/150 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 43% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 17% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 11% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
No curbside pickup in Southampton: trash goes to the transfer station
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Southampton, from the town’s own site.
Moosebrook Road Transfer Station
48 Moose Brook Road, Southampton, MA 01073
- Wed7 am–5 pm
- Sat7 am–5 pm
Accepted at the curb
- Junk mail
- Paper bags
- White and colored office paper
- Paperbacks and phone books
- Clear plastic hinged containers (clamshells)
From townofsouthampton.org, 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.
Southampton is in two districts that split the grades: Hampshire School District and Southampton 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 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Southampton is in ZIP code 01073
ZIP codes where Southampton residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Southampton | ZIP’s residents in Southampton |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01073 | Southampton, 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 Southampton
Who supplies Southampton’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Southampton Water Dept (EPA ID MA1276000). 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 2.2 ppb (Jun–Sep 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Southampton?
Eversource (NSTAR Electric Co., doing business as Eversource), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 21.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Southampton?
Spectrum, Xfinity, Netafy, T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Southampton?
01073. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Southampton in?
Hampshire School District and Southampton School District.
How do I register to vote in Southampton?
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 Southampton 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: Southampton’s own website (townofsouthampton.org), 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.