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The Weaverville handbook

Living in Weaverville, NC: what to set up and who to call

Tap water in most of Weaverville comes from the Town of Weaverville water system, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 20% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result below detection. The closest ER is Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery Ce, 8.1 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Weaverville, 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 Weaverville.

Electricity

Power comes from Duke Energy

Duke Energy (Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Weaverville. 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Town of Weaverville water system

The Town of Weaverville water system supplies Weaverville: about 83% of residents live in its service area. Woodfin Sanitary Water and Sewer serves another 10%. About 8% 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 Town of Mars Hill as seller) and serves 8,359 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.

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

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. NC0111025.

Internet

7 home internet providers serve Weaverville

99% of 2,090 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 75% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber97%1,000/35
SkyrunnerFixed wireless, Fiber96%25/10
FrontierFiber, DSL79%7,000/7,000
AT&TFixed wireless, DSL45%25/3
VerizonFixed wireless70%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless64%100/20

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

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Weaverville depends on your street

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Weaverville, from the town’s own site.

Pickup

Your pickup week

What goes in the recycling bin

Accepted at the curb

  • Metal cans
  • Glass bottles & jars (green, brown, clear)
  • Corrugated cardboard (please flatten)
  • Newspaper and inserts
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsBulky item pickup on the second and fourth Friday each month; must be scheduled with Public Works at 828-645-0606 by 4:30pm the day before; sleeper sofa beds not accepted; appliances must be at curb by 8:00 am
What can be recycledThe town’s recycling pagecurbie.com →

From weavervillenc.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2025-08, 2026-06-24, 2026-07-22, 2026-10-15. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Weaverville kids go to
PK–1Weaverville PrimaryBuncombe County Schools
2–4Weaverville ElementaryBuncombe County Schools
6–87 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–129 high schoolsDepends on your address

Weaverville is in Buncombe County Schools.

BSchool gradeSee 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 Aug 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Weaverville spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of WeavervilleZIP’s residents in Weaverville
28787Weaverville, NC87%18%
28804Asheville, NC13%2%
Area code828Wikidata

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 Weaverville

Who supplies Weaverville’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

The Town of Weaverville water system (EPA ID NC0111025). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% 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 Weaverville?

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 Weaverville?

Spectrum, Skyrunner, Frontier, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Weaverville?

28787 (87%), 28804 (13%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Weaverville in?

Buncombe County Schools.

How do I register to vote in Weaverville?

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 Buncombe 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: Weaverville’s own website (weavervillenc.org), 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.