Samuel Bartley Holleman House · Photo: KimWrenn · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Holly Springs, NC: what to set up and who to call
The closest public drop-off to Holly Springs is South Wake Multi-Material Recycling Facility, 2 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it. Wake County Schools runs the public schools in Holly Springs.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Holly Springs, 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 Holly Springs.
Power comes from Duke Energy
Duke Energy (Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Holly Springs. Its homes paid an average of 13.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $134 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 Town of Holly Springs water system
The Town of Holly Springs water system supplies Holly Springs: about 75% of residents live in its service area. About 22% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Harnett Regional Water and Town of Cary and Town of Apex and Town of Fuquay-Varina as sellers) and serves 51,947 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. 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. NC0392050.
7 home internet providers serve Holly Springs
100% of 14,514 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 97% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 99% | 1,000/35 |
| Ting | Fiber | 72% | 2,000/2,000 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless, Fiber, DSL | 65% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Google Fiber | Fiber | 47% | 8,000/8,000 |
| Brightspeed | DSL, Fiber, Fixed wireless | 35% | 940/940 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 80% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Holly Springs depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Holly Springs, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s day
- RecyclingEvery other week, same day as trashCheck which week on hollyspringsnc.gov →
Accepted at the curb
- Food and beverage bottles, tubs, and jars
- Metal cans
- Aluminum food trays
- Gable-top cartons
- Paperboard boxes and tubes
From hollyspringsnc.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026-09-27. 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.
Holly Springs is in Wake County Schools.
A−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 Feb 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Holly Springs spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Holly Springs residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Holly Springs | ZIP’s residents in Holly Springs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27540 | Holly Springs, NC | 90% | 84% |
| 27539 | Apex, NC | 10% | 15% |
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 Holly Springs
Who supplies Holly Springs’ drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Town of Holly Springs water system (EPA ID NC0392050). 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 Holly Springs?
Duke Energy (Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 13.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Holly Springs?
Spectrum, Ting, AT&T, Google Fiber, Brightspeed, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Holly Springs?
27540 (90%), 27539 (10%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Holly Springs in?
Wake County Schools.
How do I register to vote in Holly Springs?
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 Wake 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: Holly Springs’ own website (hollyspringsnc.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 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.