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The Kingston handbook

Living in Kingston, TN: what to set up and who to call

Power in Kingston comes from City of Rockwood, a municipal utility rather than a private company. For home internet, most of Kingston can choose between Xfinity and AT&T.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Kingston, 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 Kingston.

Electricity

Power comes from City of Rockwood

City of Rockwood (City of Rockwood - (TN)), a municipal utility, serves all of Kingston. Its homes paid an average of 13.3¢ per kWh in 2025, about $165 a month (its average across Tennessee).

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 Kingston Water System

Kingston Water System supplies almost all of Kingston. It draws surface water and serves 11,392 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile4.3 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2026–Dec 2028, was 4.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 88% 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. TN0000360.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Kingston

100% of 2,653 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 55% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable99%2,000/250
AT&TDSL, Fiber, Fixed wireless91%5,000/5,000
VerizonFixed wireless79%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless64%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 Kingston’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Kingston.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Kingston kids go to
PK–5Kingston ElementaryRoane County School District
6–8Cherokee Middle SchoolRoane County School District
9–12Roane County High SchoolRoane County School District

Kingston is in Roane County School District.

B−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 Sep 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Kingston is in ZIP code 37763

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of KingstonZIP’s residents in Kingston
37763Kingston, TN100%38%
Area code865Wikidata

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 Kingston

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

Kingston Water System (EPA ID TN0000360). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 4.3 ppb (Jan 2026–Dec 2028), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Kingston?

City of Rockwood (City of Rockwood - (TN)), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 13.3¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Kingston?

Xfinity, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Kingston?

37763. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Kingston in?

Roane County School District.

How do I register to vote in Kingston?

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 Roane 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.
  • 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 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.