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The South Hampton handbook

Living in South Hampton, NH: what to set up and who to call

New voters sign up with the town clerk of South Hampton, which runs South Hampton’s elections. For a library card, the closest branch is South Hampton Free Public Library, 0.6 miles out.

I’m new in town

What to set up in South Hampton, 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 South Hampton.

Electricity

Power comes from Unitil

Unitil (Unitil Energy Systems), an investor-owned utility, serves all of South Hampton. 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Seabrook Water Dept

Seabrook Water Dept supplies South Hampton: about 0% of residents live in its service area. About 100% 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 14,000 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile3.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 3.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 79% 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. NH2111010.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve South Hampton

99% of 352 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 92% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable98%1,200/35
Fidium FiberFiber91%2,000/2,000
VerizonFixed wireless24%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless16%100/20
AT&TFixed wireless13%25/3

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have South Hampton’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in South Hampton.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in South Hampton or within 5 miles (as of Oct 9, 2026); map coverage varies by town.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

South Hampton kids go to
K–8South Hampton Barnard SchoolSouth Hampton School District

South Hampton is in South Hampton School District.

Test scores and every school: see 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 Sep 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 19, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

South Hampton is in ZIP code 03827

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of South HamptonZIP’s residents in South Hampton
03827East Kingston, NH100%27%
Area code603Wikidata

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 South Hampton

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

Seabrook Water Dept (EPA ID NH2111010). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 3.0 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in South Hampton?

Unitil (Unitil Energy Systems), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 21.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve South Hampton?

Xfinity, Fidium Fiber, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in South Hampton?

03827. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is South Hampton in?

South Hampton School District.

How do I register to vote in South Hampton?

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 South Hampton. 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.