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The Honea Path handbook

Living in Honea Path, SC: what to set up and who to call

Power in Honea Path comes from Little River Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. The ER is a drive from Honea Path: the closest is Anmed Health, 15 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Honea Path, 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 Honea Path.

Electricity

Power comes from Little River Electric Coop

Little River Electric Coop (Little River Electric Coop Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Honea Path.

Start or move service: lreci.coop · (864) 366-2141

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 Honea Path Town of (Sc0410003) water system

The Honea Path Town of (Sc0410003) water system supplies almost all of Honea Path. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Belton-Honea Path Wa (Sc0410011) as seller) and serves 4,386 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.

Lead, 90th percentile2.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 7.0 ppb. That’s higher than 67% 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. SC0410003.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Honea Path

98% of 1,684 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 21% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber97%1,000/35
AT&TDSL, Fixed wireless21%10/1
West Carolina Rural Telephone CooperativeFiber21%8,000/8,000
VerizonFixed wireless75%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless25%25/3

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

Trash & recycling

Local Waste Management picks up trash in Honea Path

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

Trash haulerLocal Waste ManagementPicks up trash in Honea Pathhoneapathsc.com

We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check honeapathsc.com →

From honeapathsc.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 23, 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.

Honea Path kids go to
PK–5Honea Path ElementaryAnderson School District 2
6–8Honea Path MiddleAnderson School District 2
9–12Belton Honea Path HighAnderson School District 2

Most of Honea Path (96%) is in Anderson School District 2; parts are in Abbeville County School District (4%).

ASchool 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 Jan 2024; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.

ZIP codes & area codes

Honea Path is in ZIP code 29654

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Honea PathZIP’s residents in Honea Path
29654Honea Path, SC100%36%
Area code864Wikidata

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 Honea Path

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

The Honea Path Town of (Sc0410003) water system (EPA ID SC0410003). 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 2.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Honea Path?

Little River Electric Coop (Little River Electric Coop Inc), a cooperative utility.

What internet providers serve Honea Path?

Spectrum, AT&T, West Carolina Rural Telephone Cooperative, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Honea Path?

29654. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Honea Path in?

Anderson School District 2. Parts of the city are in Abbeville County School District.

How do I register to vote in Honea Path?

In South Carolina you can register online until 30 days before Election Day, in person until 30 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Anderson Board of Voter Registration. Check your registration at vrems.scvotes.sc.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: Honea Path’s own website (honeapathsc.com), read Oct 23, 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 Sep 12, 2025 (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.