Photo: Hot Furnace · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Fredericksburg, TX: what to set up and who to call
Fredericksburg runs its own electric utility, City of Fredericksburg. Pioneer Memorial Library, at 115 W Main St, is the library in town.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Fredericksburg, 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 Fredericksburg.
Power comes from City of Fredericksburg
City of Fredericksburg (City of Fredericksburg - (TX)), a municipal utility, serves 96.1% of Fredericksburg residents.
Start or move service: fbgtx.org · (830) 997-7521
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from City of Fredericksburg water system
The City of Fredericksburg water system supplies almost all of Fredericksburg. It draws ground water and serves 11,257 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2026, was 0.7 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 16.2 ppb. That’s lower than 63% 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. TX0860001.
8 home internet providers serve Fredericksburg
97% of 6,170 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 78% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 92% | 1,000/35 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 74% | 3,000/3,000 |
| Hill Country Telecommunications | Fixed wireless, Fiber | 45% | 1,000/1,000 |
| NexStream | Fixed wireless, Fiber | 8% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Bee Creek Communications | Fixed wireless | 100% | 940/940 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 87% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Fredericksburg
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Fredericksburg, from the town’s own site.
Fredericksburg Recycling Center
302 East Ufer Street, Fredericksburg, TX 78624
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
Accepted at the curb
- Corrugated Cardboard & Pressed Chipboard (Cereal boxes, legal pad backings, etc)
- Sorted Office Paper / Bond Paper
- Mixed Plastics #1 and #2
- #2 Plastics (HDPE) include milk jugs, detergent bottles and shampoo bottles
From fbgtx.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. 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.
Fredericksburg is in Fredericksburg Independent School District.
BSchool 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 Jun 2021; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Fredericksburg is in ZIP code 78624
ZIP codes where Fredericksburg residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Fredericksburg | ZIP’s residents in Fredericksburg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 78624 | Fredericksburg, TX | 100% | 47% |
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 Fredericksburg
Who supplies Fredericksburg’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The City of Fredericksburg water system (EPA ID TX0860001). 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 0.7 ppb (Jan–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Fredericksburg?
City of Fredericksburg (City of Fredericksburg - (TX)), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve Fredericksburg?
Spectrum, Frontier, Hill Country Telecommunications, NexStream, Bee Creek Communications, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Fredericksburg?
78624. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Fredericksburg in?
Fredericksburg Independent School District.
How do I register to vote in Fredericksburg?
Texas has no online registration; you can register in person until 30 days before Election Day or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Gillespie County Early Voting Clerk. Check your registration at teamrv-mvp.sos.texas.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: Fredericksburg’s own website (fbgtx.org), 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.