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The St. Francis handbook

Living in St. Francis, ME: what to set up and who to call

Elections in St. Francis are run by St. Francis itself; register with the Saint Francis Town Clerk. The nearest emergency room is Northern Maine Medical Center, 15.7 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in St. Francis, 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 St. Francis.

Electricity

Power comes from Versant Power

Versant Power (Versant Power), an investor-owned utility, serves all of St. Francis. Its homes paid an average of 30.1¢ per kWh in 2025, about $150 a month (its average across Maine, for customers on its standard service). Maine lets you buy power from another supplier; 5% of Versant Power’s home customers do, and Versant Power still delivers it.

Start or move service: versantpower.com · (207) 945-5621

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 St Francis Water Department

St Francis Water Department supplies St. Francis: about 0% of residents live in its service area. About 100% 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 100 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 11,392 systems serving <=100 people.

Lead, 90th percentile0.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.

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. ME0091390.

Internet

2 home internet providers serve St. Francis

94% of 243 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber95%1,000/1,000
Consolidated CommunicationsDSL60%10/1

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have St. Francis’ trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in St. Francis.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in St. Francis or within 5 miles (as of Oct 9, 2026); map coverage varies by town.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

St. Francis kids go to
PK–6Fort Kent Elementary Schoolin Fort Kent
7–8Valley Rivers Middle Schoolin Fort Kent
9–12Fort Kent Community High Schoolin Fort Kent

St. Francis is in School Administrative District 27.

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.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Oct 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

St. Francis is in ZIP code 04774

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of St. FrancisZIP’s residents in St. Francis
04774Saint Francis, ME100%65%
Area code207Wikidata

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 St. Francis

Who supplies St. Francis’ drinking water, and has it had violations?

St Francis Water Department (EPA ID ME0091390). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.0 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in St. Francis?

Versant Power (Versant Power), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 30.1¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve St. Francis?

Spectrum, Consolidated Communications (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in St. Francis?

04774. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is St. Francis in?

School Administrative District 27.

How do I register to vote in St. Francis?

In Maine you can register online until 21 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (received 21 days before). Elections here are run by the Saint Francis Town Clerk. Check your registration at maine.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: 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 Aug 3, 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.