Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Woodsville, NH: what to set up and who to call
Woodsville has no town government of its own, so Grafton County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Haverhill Cooperative School District. Woodsville runs its own electric utility, Precinct of Woodsville.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Woodsville, 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 Woodsville.
Power comes from Precinct of Woodsville
Precinct of Woodsville (Precinct of Woodsville), a municipal utility, serves all of Woodsville.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Woodsville Water and Light
Woodsville Water and Light supplies almost all of Woodsville. It draws surface water and serves 1,950 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jul–Dec 1993, was 36.0 ppb, above the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 1993: 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. NH1101040.
5 home internet providers serve Woodsville
94% of 535 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 2% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 93% | 1,000/50 |
| Consolidated Communications | DSL | 74% | 60/10 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 81% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 78% | 100/20 |
| VTel Wireless | Fixed wireless | 15% | 10/1 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Woodsville’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Woodsville.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Woodsville is in Haverhill Cooperative 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.
No town hall: the county runs things
Woodsville is unincorporated, so Grafton County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 19, 2024.
Woodsville is in ZIP code 03785
ZIP codes where Woodsville residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Woodsville | ZIP’s residents in Woodsville |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03785 | Woodsville, NH | 100% | 64% |
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 Woodsville
Who supplies Woodsville’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Woodsville Water and Light (EPA ID NH1101040). 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 36.0 ppb (Jul–Dec 1993), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Woodsville?
Precinct of Woodsville (Precinct of Woodsville), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve Woodsville?
Spectrum, Consolidated Communications, Verizon, T-Mobile, VTel Wireless (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Woodsville?
03785. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Woodsville in?
Haverhill Cooperative School District.
How do I register to vote in Woodsville?
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 Haverhill. 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.