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The Sherrill handbook

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

Sherrill runs its own electric utility, City of Sherrill. Sherrill-Kenwood Free Library, at 543 Sherrill Road, is the library in town.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Sherrill, 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 Sherrill.

Electricity

Power comes from City of Sherrill

City of Sherrill (City of Sherrill - (NY)), a municipal utility, serves all of Sherrill.

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 Sherrill - Kenwood WD water system

The Sherrill - Kenwood WD water system supplies Sherrill: about 78% of residents live in its service area. Vernon Village serves another 15%. About 7% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Oneida City as seller) and serves 3,142 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 percentile1.6 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2009, was 1.6 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 2009: 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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. NY3202419.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Sherrill

98% of 1,194 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 88% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber98%1,000/35
SLICFiberFiber90%1,000/1,000
VerizonFixed wireless94%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless18%25/3

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

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Sherrill depends on your street

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Sherrill, from the town’s own site.

How trash works hereTown pickupTown crews pick up at the curbsherrillny.gov
Trash dayBy addressDepends on your address
Transfer stationCity of Sherrill DPW Transfer StationHours ↓
Pickup

Your pickup week

Holiday weeks

When a holiday falls on a weekday, pickup slides one day later for the rest of that week.

Transfer station

City of Sherrill DPW Transfer Station

210 Elmwood Place, Sherrill, NY

Permit needed
MTWTFSS
8a
10a
12p
2p
4p
  • Sat8 am–1 pm

The town’s page also lists “Spring/summer/fall: Wed 4-7 pm and Sat 8 am-1 pm”, which we couldn’t read as opening hours: check the town’s page for those days.

Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsNo changes to bulk item disposal: purchase Transfer Station coupons at City Hall for use at the Sherrill DPW, or bring items to the OHSWA Transfer Stations in Rome or Utica
What can be recycledThe town’s recycling pageohswa.org →
Get the permit from Town Hall(315) 363-2440Mon-Fri 7:45 am-4:00 pm

From sherrillny.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Sherrill kids go to
PK–63 schoolsDepends on your address
7–8Vernon-Verona-Sherrill Middle Schoolin Verona
9–12Vernon-Verona-Sherrill Senior High Schoolin Verona

Most of Sherrill (97%) is in Sherrill City School District; parts are in Oneida City School District (3%).

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 Aug 3, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

Sherrill is in ZIP code 13461

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of SherrillZIP’s residents in Sherrill
13461Sherrill, NY100%99%
Area code315Wikidata

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 Sherrill

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

The Sherrill - Kenwood WD water system (EPA ID NY3202419). 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 1.6 ppb (Jan–Dec 2009), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Sherrill?

City of Sherrill (City of Sherrill - (NY)), a municipal utility.

What internet providers serve Sherrill?

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

What ZIP codes are in Sherrill?

13461. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Sherrill in?

Sherrill City School District. Parts of the city are in Oneida City School District.

How do I register to vote in Sherrill?

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 Oneida 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: Sherrill’s own website (sherrillny.gov), 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 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.