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The Sherburne handbook

Living in Sherburne, NY: what to set up and who to call

Sherburne runs its own electric utility, Village of Sherburne. Tap water in Sherburne comes from the Sherburne Village water system, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 22% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result of 1.0 ppb.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Sherburne, 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 Sherburne.

Electricity

Power comes from Village of Sherburne

Village of Sherburne (Village of Sherburne - (NY)), a municipal utility, serves all of Sherburne.

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 Sherburne Village water system

The Sherburne Village water system supplies almost all of Sherburne. It draws ground water and serves 1,531 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 percentile1.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 52% 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. NY0801747.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Sherburne

95% of 556 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 2% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber93%1,000/50
FrontierDSL75%70/3
VerizonFixed wireless87%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless66%100/20

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Sherburne’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Sherburne.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Sherburne 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.

Sherburne kids go to
PK–5Sherburne-Earlville Elementary SchoolSherburne-Earlville Central School District
6–8Sherburne-Earlville Middle SchoolSherburne-Earlville Central School District
9–12Sherburne-Earlville Senior High SchoolSherburne-Earlville Central School District

Sherburne is in Sherburne-Earlville Central School District.

C+School 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 Aug 2015; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

Sherburne is in ZIP code 13460

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of SherburneZIP’s residents in Sherburne
13460Sherburne, NY100%32%

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 Sherburne

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

The Sherburne Village water system (EPA ID NY0801747). 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 1.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Sherburne?

Village of Sherburne (Village of Sherburne - (NY)), a municipal utility.

What internet providers serve Sherburne?

Spectrum, Frontier, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Sherburne?

13460. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Sherburne in?

Sherburne-Earlville Central School District.

How do I register to vote in Sherburne?

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 Chenango 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.