Wilson Kindley Farm and Kindley Mine · Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Trinity, NC: what to set up and who to call
Power in Trinity comes from Town of High Point, a municipal utility rather than a private company. The closest public drop-off to Trinity is Thomasville Recycling Center, 4 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Trinity, 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 Trinity.
Power comes from Town of High Point
Town of High Point (Town of High Point), a municipal utility, serves 54.7% of Trinity residents. Its homes paid an average of 11.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $109 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 Davidson Water Inc
Davidson Water Inc supplies Trinity: about 21% of residents live in its service area. About 78% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water (EPA lists City of Lexington and City of Thomasville and Handy Sanitary District and City of Winston-Salem and City of High Point as sellers) and serves 154,307 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 86% of the 332 systems serving 100,001–250,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, 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. NC0229025.
5 home internet providers serve Trinity
98% of 3,482 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 93% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 96% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Lumos | Fiber | 91% | 5,000/5,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 73% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 70% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 44% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
The nearest public drop-off is 4 miles away
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Trinity.
Thomasville Recycling Center
209 Randolph Street, Thomasville, NC
This isn’t Trinity’s own facility. Whether Trinity residents may use it is the town’s rule: check trinity-nc.gov.
OpenStreetMap, as of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Trinity is in Randolph 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 Sep 2021; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Trinity spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Trinity residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Trinity | ZIP’s residents in Trinity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27370 | Trinity, NC | 70% | 32% |
| 27263 | High Point, NC | 16% | 5% |
| 27360 | Thomasville, NC | 14% | 2% |
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 Trinity
Who supplies Trinity’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Davidson Water Inc (EPA ID NC0229025). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 86% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Trinity?
Town of High Point (Town of High Point), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 11.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Trinity?
Spectrum, Lumos, T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Trinity?
27370 (70%), 27263 (16%), 27360 (14%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Trinity in?
Randolph County Schools.
How do I register to vote in Trinity?
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 Randolph 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 National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.