Photo: AppalachianCentrist · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Kingsport, TN: what to set up and who to call
Most mail in Kingsport goes to 37660 (46% of residents), one of 4 ZIP codes in town. Spectrum and Brightspeed both wire most of Kingsport; 83% of addresses can get fiber.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Kingsport, 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 Kingsport.
Water comes from Kingsport Water Dept
Kingsport Water Dept supplies Kingsport: about 96% of residents live in its service area. About 4% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water (EPA lists Bloomingdale Utility District and Johnson City Water Dept as sellers) and serves 107,739 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 86% of the 332 systems serving 100,001–250,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2026–Dec 2028, was 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 59% 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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. TN0000349.
6 home internet providers serve Kingsport
99% of 21,541 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 83% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 96% | 1,000/35 |
| Brightspeed | Fiber, DSL, Fixed wireless | 88% | 2,000/2,000 |
| BrightRidge | Fiber | 7% | 10,000/10,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 65% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 56% | 25/3 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 51% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Kingsport depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Kingsport, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s dayLook up your day on kingsporttn.gov
- Bulky itemsCall to book
Holidays change the pickup schedule: check the town’s calendar for those weeks.
Industry Drive Convenience Center
300 Industry Drive, Kingsport, TN
- Mon7:30 am–4:30 pm
- Tue7:30 am–4:30 pm
- Wed7:30 am–4:30 pm
- Thu7:30 am–4:30 pm
- Fri7:30 am–4:30 pm
- Sat8 am–noon
Accepted at the curb
- Newspaper and inserts
- Magazines
- Junk mail
- Phone books
- Shredded paper
- Home office paper products (fax sheets, typing paper, receipts, envelopes)
- Cardboard
- Tin and aluminum cans
From kingsporttn.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026-04-08T18:12:08+00:00, 2026-04-27, 2026-06-30T13:38:19+00:00, 2026-07-06, 2026-07-06T14:58:06+00:00, 2026-09-21. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Kingsport (96%) is in Kingsport City School District; parts are in Sullivan County School District (4%).
A−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 Sep 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Kingsport spans 4 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Kingsport residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Kingsport | ZIP’s residents in Kingsport |
|---|---|---|---|
| 37660 | Kingsport, TN | 46% | 64% |
| 37664 | Kingsport, TN | 37% | 71% |
| 37663 | Kingsport, TN | 9% | 33% |
| 37665 | Kingsport, TN | 8% | 90% |
A few homes fall in 37617, 37659, 37857. 37662, 37669 are P.O. box or single-organization ZIPs with no homes.
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 Kingsport
Who supplies Kingsport’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Kingsport Water Dept (EPA ID TN0000349). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 86% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.0 ppb (Jan 2026–Dec 2028), against a 15 ppb action level.
What internet providers serve Kingsport?
Spectrum, Brightspeed, BrightRidge, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Kingsport?
37660 (46%), 37664 (37%), 37663 (9%), 37665 (8%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Kingsport in?
Kingsport City School District. Parts of the city are in Sullivan County School District.
How do I register to vote in Kingsport?
In Tennessee 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 Sullivan County Election Commission. Check your registration at tnmap.tn.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.
- Trash: Kingsport’s own website (kingsporttn.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 Nov 18, 2024 (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.