Enlarged Double Lock No. 33 Old Erie Canal · Photo: Jud McCranie · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Minden, NY: what to set up and who to call
All of Minden gets its mail under one ZIP code, 13339. Minden has its own library, Fort Plain Free Library, at 19 Willett Street.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Minden, 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 Minden.
Power comes from National Grid
National Grid (Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Minden. Its homes paid an average of 19.9¢ per kWh in 2025, about $130 a month (its average across New York, for customers on its standard service). New York lets you buy power from another supplier; 6% of National Grid’s home customers do, and National Grid still delivers it.
Start or move service: www1.nationalgridus.com · (315) 474-1511
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Fort Plain (V) Water Works
Fort Plain (V) Water Works supplies Minden: about 47% of residents live in its service area. About 53% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water and serves 2,250 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2024–Dec 2026, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 5.0 ppb. That’s higher than 69% 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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. NY2800139.
4 home internet providers serve Minden
74% of 1,744 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 59% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 75% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 61% | 1,000/1,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 42% | 25/3 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 10% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Minden’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Minden.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Minden (69%) is in Fort Plain Central School District; parts are in Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School District (18%) and Oppenheim-Ephratah-St. Johnsville Central School District (10%) and Van Hornesville-Owen D. Young Central School District (3%).
B−School 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 Aug 2015; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Minden is in ZIP code 13339
ZIP codes where Minden residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Minden | ZIP’s residents in Minden |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13339 | Fort Plain, NY | 100% | 62% |
A few homes fall in 13320.
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 Minden
Who supplies Minden’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Fort Plain (V) Water Works (EPA ID NY2800139). 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 2.0 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Minden?
National Grid (Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 19.9¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Minden?
Frontier, Spectrum, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Minden?
13339. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Minden in?
Fort Plain Central School District. Parts of the city are in Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School District and Oppenheim-Ephratah-St. Johnsville Central School District and Van Hornesville-Owen D. Young Central School District.
How do I register to vote in Minden?
In New York you can register online until 10 days before Election Day, in person until 10 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before and received 10 days before). Elections here are run by the Montgomery County Board of Elections. Check your registration at voterlookup.elections.ny.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 Aug 3, 2026 (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.