Photo: Mellowcream · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Easton, MD: what to set up and who to call
Easton runs its own electric utility, Easton Utilities Comm; its homes paid 15.2¢ per kWh in 2025. Public schools here are run by Talbot County Public Schools.
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.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Easton.
Power comes from Easton Utilities Comm
Easton Utilities Comm (Easton Utilities Comm), a municipal utility, serves 97.2% of Easton residents. Its homes paid an average of 15.2¢ per kWh in 2025, about $159 a month (its average across Maryland).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Easton Utilities
Easton Utilities supplies Easton: about 81% of residents live in its service area. About 19% 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 17,357 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 2.1 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 71% 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. MD0200003.
4 home internet providers serve Easton
100% of 6,608 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Easton Velocity | Cable, Fiber | 100% | 1,000/125 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 50% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 45% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 36% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Easton depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Easton, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s dayLook up your day on eastonmd.gov
- Bulky itemsCall to book
Accepted at the curb
- Milk, water, Juice and pop bottles
- Yogurt, dairy and margarine tubs
- Clean plastic take-out containers
- Beverage cans
- Food cans
- Clean aluminum foil or foil trays
- Newspaper and advertising inserts
- Magazines, catalogs and phone books
- Advertising mail and envelops
- Cereal and dry food boxes (remove liner)
- Clean paper cups
- Juice boxes
- Paperback books
From eastonmd.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 5/30/21. 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.
Easton is in Talbot County Public Schools.
BSchool 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 Jul 2021; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Mar 11, 2026.
Easton is in ZIP code 21601
ZIP codes where Easton residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Easton | ZIP’s residents in Easton |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21601 | Easton, MD | 100% | 71% |
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 Easton
Who supplies Easton’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Easton Utilities (EPA ID MD0200003). 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 2.1 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Easton?
Easton Utilities Comm (Easton Utilities Comm), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 15.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Easton?
Easton Velocity, T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Easton?
21601. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Easton in?
Talbot County Public Schools.
How do I register to vote in Easton?
In Maryland you can register online until 21 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 21 days before). Elections here are run by the Talbot County Board of Elections. Check your registration at voterservices.elections.maryland.gov.
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: Easton’s own website (eastonmd.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 Mar 11, 2026 (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.