Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Newbury, NH: what to set up and who to call
Newbury has its own drop-off, Newbury Transfer Station, on 201 Old Post Road. Voting is local here: the town clerk of Newbury registers voters and runs elections, not the county.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Newbury, 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 Newbury.
Power comes from Eversource
Eversource (Public Service Co. of New Hampshire), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Newbury. Its homes paid an average of 24.2¢ per kWh in 2025, about $150 a month (its average across New Hampshire, for customers on its standard service). New Hampshire lets you buy power from another supplier; 43% of Eversource’s home customers do, and Eversource still delivers it.
Start or move service: eversource.com · (800) 662-7764
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Chalk Pond Water
Chalk Pond Water supplies Newbury: about 8% of residents live in its service area. Newbury Elderly Housing serves another 6%. About 86% 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 208 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2015–Dec 2017, was 22.0 ppb, above the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 2017: 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. NH1652020.
5 home internet providers serve Newbury
98% of 1,621 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 97% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| TDS Telecom | Fiber | 85% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Fidium Fiber | Fiber | 64% | 2,000/2,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 26% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 11% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 4% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Newbury has its own drop-off: Newbury Transfer Station
Where to take trash and recycling in Newbury, and where the rules are.
Newbury Transfer Station
201 Old Post Road, Newbury, NH, 03255
A fee applies (OSM). Before you go, check the rules on newburynh.org.
OpenStreetMap, as of Oct 9, 2026 (last edited Apr 2023). © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Newbury is in Kearsarge Region 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.
Newbury is in ZIP code 03255
ZIP codes where Newbury residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Newbury | ZIP’s residents in Newbury |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03255 | Newbury, NH | 99% | 100% |
A few homes fall in 03221.
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 Newbury
Who supplies Newbury’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Chalk Pond Water (EPA ID NH1652020). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 22.0 ppb (Jan 2015–Dec 2017), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Newbury?
Eversource (Public Service Co. of New Hampshire), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 24.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Newbury?
TDS Telecom, Fidium Fiber, T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Newbury?
03255. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Newbury in?
Kearsarge Region School District.
How do I register to vote in Newbury?
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 Newbury. 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.