Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Chichester, NH: what to set up and who to call
New voters sign up with the town clerk of Chichester, which runs Chichester’s elections. For an emergency, Concord Hospital- Franklin is the closest ER, 17.2 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Chichester, 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 Chichester.
Power comes from Unitil
Unitil (Unitil Energy Systems), an investor-owned utility, serves 81.4% of Chichester residents. Its homes paid an average of 21.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $131 a month (its average across New Hampshire, for customers on its standard service). New Hampshire lets you buy power from another supplier; 65% of Unitil’s home customers do, and Unitil still delivers it.
Start or move service: unitil.com · (800) 582-7276
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Robinsons Mhp/Upper
Robinsons Mhp/Upper supplies Chichester: about 9% of residents live in its service area. About 88% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 55 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 11,392 systems serving <=100 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2016, was 16.0 ppb, above the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 2016: EPA has no newer result for this system.
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. NH0453020.
7 home internet providers serve Chichester
100% of 1,126 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 96% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 97% | 2,000/250 |
| TDS Telecom | Fiber, DSL | 83% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Fidium Fiber | Fiber | 14% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Breezeline | Cable, Fiber | 12% | 1,000/50 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 44% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 30% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Chichester’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Chichester.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Chichester is in Chichester School District.
BSchool 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 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 19, 2024.
Chichester spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Chichester residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Chichester | ZIP’s residents in Chichester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03258 | Chichester, NH | 98% | 100% |
| 03275 | Suncook, NH | 2% | 0% |
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 Chichester
Who supplies Chichester’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Robinsons Mhp/Upper (EPA ID NH0453020). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 16.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 2016), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Chichester?
Unitil (Unitil Energy Systems), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 21.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Chichester?
Xfinity, TDS Telecom, Fidium Fiber, Breezeline, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Chichester?
03258 (98%), 03275 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Chichester in?
Chichester School District.
How do I register to vote in Chichester?
New Hampshire has no online registration; you can register in person up to and including Election Day or by mail only in special circumstances (received 13 days before). Elections here are run by the Town Clerk of Chichester. Check your registration at app.sos.nh.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 19, 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.