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The Sutton handbook

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

Sutton runs its own elections, so the town clerk of Sutton, not a county office, keeps the voter rolls. The closest public drop-off to Sutton is Newbury Transfer Station, 5 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Sutton, 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 Sutton.

Electricity

Power comes from Eversource

Eversource (Public Service Co. of New Hampshire), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Sutton. 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from New London Springfield Water

New London Springfield Water supplies Sutton: 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 3,250 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.

Lead, 90th percentile30.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2008–Dec 2010, was 30.0 ppb, above the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 2010: 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. NH1721010.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Sutton

99% of 1,030 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 98% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
TDS TelecomFiber, DSL98%8,000/8,000
NH BroadbandFiber4%2,000/2,000
XfinityCable3%1,200/35
VerizonFixed wireless17%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless8%100/20

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

Trash & recycling

The nearest public drop-off is 5 miles away

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Sutton.

Nearest public drop-off · 4.6 mi from the center of Sutton

Newbury Transfer Station

201 Old Post Road, Newbury, NH, 03255 · run by Toen of Newbury

This isn’t Sutton’s own facility. Whether Sutton residents may use it is the town’s rule: check sutton-nh.gov.

OpenStreetMap, as of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Sutton kids go to
K–5Sutton Central Elementary SchoolKearsarge Region School District
6–8Kearsarge Regional Middle SchoolKearsarge Region School District
9–12Kearsarge Regional High SchoolKearsarge Region School District

Sutton 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.

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

Sutton spans 5 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of SuttonZIP’s residents in Sutton
03260North Sutton, NH40%100%
03221Bradford, NH29%25%
03273South Sutton, NH13%100%
03278Warner, NH9%6%
03257New London, NH8%4%
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 Sutton

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

New London Springfield Water (EPA ID NH1721010). 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 30.0 ppb (Jan 2008–Dec 2010), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Sutton?

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 Sutton?

TDS Telecom, NH Broadband, Xfinity, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Sutton?

03260 (40%), 03221 (29%), 03273 (13%), 03278 (9%), 03257 (8%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Sutton in?

Kearsarge Region School District.

How do I register to vote in Sutton?

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 Sutton. 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.