Mayworth School · Photo: RoxylovesHistory · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Cramerton, NC: what to set up and who to call
Power in Cramerton comes from City of Gastonia, a municipal utility rather than a private company. Gaston County Schools runs the public schools in Cramerton.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Cramerton, 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 Cramerton.
Power comes from City of Gastonia
City of Gastonia (City of Gastonia - (NC)), a municipal utility, serves all of Cramerton. Its homes paid an average of 12.3¢ per kWh in 2025, about $111 a month (its average across North Carolina).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Two Rivers Utilities
Two Rivers Utilities supplies Cramerton: about 13% of residents live in its service area. Kings Grant S/D serves another 9%. About 77% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water and serves 96,714 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 90% of the 597 systems serving 50,001–100,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2026–Dec 2028, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 0.1 ppb. 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. NC0136010.
5 home internet providers serve Cramerton
99% of 2,175 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 87% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 99% | 1,000/1,000 |
| AT&T | Fiber, DSL, Fixed wireless | 94% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Ripple Fiber | Fiber | 21% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 99% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 92% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Cramerton depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Cramerton, from the town’s own site and the hauler or county pages it links to.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s day
- RecyclingEvery other weekCheck which week on wasteprousa.com →
Accepted at the curb
- Flattened cardboard (no larger than 2 x 2 squares)
- Magazines
- Office/Copy Paper
- Brown Paper Bags
- Newspaper
- Paperboard (cereal boxes, etc)
- Paper dairy & juice containers rinsed out
- Phone books
- Plastic bottles (#1-5, 7)
- Glass bottles & jars rinsed out
- Clean aluminum cans, foil, & baking tins
- Plastic bottles rinsed out
- Tin or steel cans
From cramerton.org, the town’s official site; wasteprousa.com, which cramerton.org links to for trash, 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.
Cramerton is in Gaston County Schools.
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 May 2019; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Cramerton spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Cramerton residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Cramerton | ZIP’s residents in Cramerton |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28032 | Cramerton, NC | 58% | 94% |
| 28012 | Belmont, NC | 34% | 7% |
| 28056 | Gastonia, NC | 8% | 1% |
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 Cramerton
Who supplies Cramerton’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Two Rivers Utilities (EPA ID NC0136010). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 90% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.0 ppb (Jan 2026–Dec 2028), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Cramerton?
City of Gastonia (City of Gastonia - (NC)), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 12.3¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Cramerton?
Spectrum, AT&T, Ripple Fiber, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Cramerton?
28032 (58%), 28012 (34%), 28056 (8%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Cramerton in?
Gaston County Schools.
How do I register to vote in Cramerton?
In North Carolina you can register online until 25 days before Election Day, in person with same-day registration during the early voting period, or by mail (postmarked 25 days before). Elections here are run by the Gaston County Board of Elections. Check your registration at vt.ncsbe.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: Cramerton’s own website (cramerton.org) and the hauler or county pages it links to (wasteprousa.com), 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.