Living in Lamar, SC: what to set up and who to call
Tap water in Lamar comes from the Lamar Town of (Sc1610004) 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 0.4 ppb. Power in Lamar comes from Pee Dee Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Lamar, 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 Lamar.
Power comes from Pee Dee Electric Coop
Pee Dee Electric Coop (Pee Dee Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Lamar.
Start or move service: peedeeelectric.com · (866) 747-0060
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Lamar Town of (Sc1610004) water system
The Lamar Town of (Sc1610004) water system supplies Lamar: about 94% of residents live in its service area. About 5% 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 Darlington County W&sa (Sc1620001) as seller) and serves 1,034 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 2023–Dec 2025, was 0.4 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.6 ppb. That’s lower than 60% 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. SC1610004.
3 home internet providers serve Lamar
90% of 547 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 87% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Fiber, Cable | 86% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Frontier | DSL | 70% | 45/3 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 73% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Lamar’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Lamar.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Lamar is in Darlington County School District.
Test scores and every school: see 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 Jul 2024; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Lamar is in ZIP code 29069
ZIP codes where Lamar residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Lamar | ZIP’s residents in Lamar |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29069 | Lamar, SC | 100% | 19% |
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 Lamar
Who supplies Lamar’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Lamar Town of (Sc1610004) water system (EPA ID SC1610004). 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 0.4 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Lamar?
Pee Dee Electric Coop (Pee Dee Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility.
What internet providers serve Lamar?
Spectrum, Frontier, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Lamar?
29069. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Lamar in?
Darlington County School District.
How do I register to vote in Lamar?
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 Darlington 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: 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 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.