Oakland · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainLiving in Hollister, NC: what to set up and who to call
Hollister has no town government of its own, so Halifax County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Halifax County Schools. Power in Hollister comes from Halifax Electric Member, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Hollister, 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 Hollister.
Power comes from Halifax Electric Member
Halifax Electric Member (Halifax Electric Member Corp), a cooperative utility, serves all of Hollister.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Halifax Co--Halifax
Halifax Co--Halifax supplies almost all of Hollister. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Roanoke Rapids Sanitary Dist and Weldon Water System and Enfield Water System as sellers) and serves 20,250 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 2026–Dec 2028, 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. NC0442040.
Which providers serve Hollister
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Hollister, 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.
We don’t have Hollister’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Hollister.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Hollister is in Halifax County Schools.
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.
No town hall: the county runs things
Hollister is unincorporated, so Halifax County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated May 2019; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Hollister is in ZIP code 27844
ZIP codes where Hollister residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Hollister | ZIP’s residents in Hollister |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27844 | Hollister, NC | 100% | 21% |
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 Hollister
Who supplies Hollister’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Halifax Co--Halifax (EPA ID NC0442040). 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 0.0 ppb (Jan 2026–Dec 2028), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Hollister?
Halifax Electric Member (Halifax Electric Member Corp), a cooperative utility.
What ZIP codes are in Hollister?
27844. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Hollister in?
Halifax County Schools.
How do I register to vote in Hollister?
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 Halifax 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: 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 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.