Whittier Bridge · Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Ossipee, NH: what to set up and who to call
The latest lead test reported by Ossipee Water Dept, which supplies Ossipee, came in at 19.0 ppb (Jan 2019–Dec 2021), above the 15 ppb action level. Power in Ossipee comes from New Hampshire Elec Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Ossipee, 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 Ossipee.
Power comes from New Hampshire Elec Coop
New Hampshire Elec Coop (New Hampshire Elec Coop Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Ossipee. Its homes paid an average of 24.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $151 a month (its average across New Hampshire, for customers on its standard service). New Hampshire lets you buy power from another supplier; 6% of New Hampshire Elec Coop’s home customers do, and New Hampshire Elec Coop still delivers it.
Start or move service: nhec.com · (800) 698-2007
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Ossipee Water Dept
Ossipee Water Dept supplies Ossipee: about 27% of residents live in its service area. Carroll County Complex serves another 8%. About 52% 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 860 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2019–Dec 2021, was 19.0 ppb, above the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 99% of similar systems’ latest results.
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. NH1841010.
7 home internet providers serve Ossipee
95% of 3,098 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 84% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 86% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Fidium Fiber | Fiber | 77% | 2,000/2,000 |
| NH Broadband | Fiber | 33% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Breezeline | Cable | 2% | 1,000/50 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 31% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 6% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Ossipee’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Ossipee.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Ossipee is in Governor Wentworth 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.
Ossipee spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Ossipee residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Ossipee | ZIP’s residents in Ossipee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03814 | Center Ossipee, NH | 54% | 100% |
| 03864 | Ossipee, NH | 44% | 95% |
| 03890 | West Ossipee, NH | 2% | 54% |
A few homes fall in 03886.
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 Ossipee
Who supplies Ossipee’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Ossipee Water Dept (EPA ID NH1841010). 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 19.0 ppb (Jan 2019–Dec 2021), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Ossipee?
New Hampshire Elec Coop (New Hampshire Elec Coop Inc), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 24.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Ossipee?
Spectrum, Fidium Fiber, NH Broadband, Breezeline, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Ossipee?
03814 (54%), 03864 (44%), 03890 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Ossipee in?
Governor Wentworth Region School District.
How do I register to vote in Ossipee?
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 Ossipee. 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.