Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Mine Hill Township, NJ: what to set up and who to call
The closest public drop-off to Mine Hill Township is Mount Arlington Dump, 4 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it. For home internet, most of Mine Hill Township can choose between Optimum and Verizon.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Mine Hill Township, 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 Mine Hill Township.
Power comes from JCP&L
JCP&L (Jersey Central Power & Light Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Mine Hill Township. Its homes paid an average of 18.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $145 a month (its average across New Jersey, for customers on its standard service). New Jersey lets you buy power from another supplier; 9% of JCP&L’s home customers do, and JCP&L still delivers it.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Mine Hill Twp Water Dept
Mine Hill Twp Water Dept supplies Mine Hill Township: about 97% of residents live in its service area. About 3% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated ground water (EPA lists Morris County Mua and Nj American Water - Roxbury as sellers) and serves 4,300 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 4.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 91% 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. NJ1420001.
4 home internet providers serve Mine Hill Township
97% of 1,338 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 88% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optimum | Cable, Fiber | 95% | 8,000/8,000 |
| Verizon | Fiber, Fixed wireless | 86% | 2,300/2,300 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 73% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 72% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Mine Hill Township
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Mine Hill Township, from the town’s own site.
Mulch Site
- Sat9 am–noon
Single-stream recycling
All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.
- Flattened cardboard
- Paper
- Steel and aluminum cans
- Plastic bottles (#1, #2, and #5)
- Glass bottles
- Jars
- Cartons
From minehill.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026-01-25T07:06:31+00:00, 2026-04-08, 2026-04-08T17:38:54+00:00. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Mine Hill Township is in Mine Hill Township 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 Apr 2020; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Mine Hill Township is in ZIP code 07803
ZIP codes where Mine Hill Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Mine Hill Township | ZIP’s residents in Mine Hill Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07803 | Mine Hill, NJ | 100% | 100% |
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 Mine Hill Township
Who supplies Mine Hill Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Mine Hill Twp Water Dept (EPA ID NJ1420001). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 4.8 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Mine Hill Township?
JCP&L (Jersey Central Power & Light Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 18.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Mine Hill Township?
Optimum, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Mine Hill Township?
07803. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Mine Hill Township in?
Mine Hill Township School District.
How do I register to vote in Mine Hill Township?
In New Jersey you can register online until 21 days before Election Day, in person until 21 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 21 days before). Elections here are run by the Morris County Clerk. Check your registration at voter.svrs.nj.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: Mine Hill Township’s own website (minehill.com), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- 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 18, 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.