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2019-07-19 13 07 10 View of Front Royal, Interstate 66, U.S. Routes 340 and 522 and Virginia State Route 55 in Warren County, Virginia, viewed from an airplane which recently took off from Washington Dulles International AirportPhoto: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Front Royal handbook

Living in Front Royal, VA: what to set up and who to call

Front Royal runs its own electric utility, Town of Front Royal. The closest public drop-off to Front Royal is Rockledge Compactor Site, 2 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Front Royal, 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 Front Royal.

Electricity

Power comes from Town of Front Royal

Town of Front Royal (Town of Front Royal), a municipal utility, serves all of Front Royal.

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 Town of Front Royal water system

The Town of Front Royal water system supplies Front Royal: about 87% of residents live in its service area. About 13% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water and serves 15,000 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 percentile0.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.0 ppb. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.

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. VA2187406.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Front Royal

100% of 5,495 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 95% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable100%1,200/35
BrightspeedFiber, DSL96%2,000/2,000
Glo FiberFiber93%8,000/8,000
VerizonFixed wireless57%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless40%100/20
AT&TFixed wireless3%25/3

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

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Front Royal depends on your street

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

How trash works hereTown pickupTown crews pick up at the curbfrontroyalva.com
Trash dayBy addressDepends on your address
Pickup

Your pickup week

  • TrashEvery week, on your street’s day
  • RecyclingEvery week, same day as trash
Drop-off

Town Manassas Avenue recycle site (white goods and brush site)

1100 block of Manassas Avenue, Front Royal, VA

We couldn’t find its opening hours.

What goes in the recycling bin

Single-stream recycling

All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.

Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsWhite goods (appliances) dropped off at the Manassas Ave recycle site, residents unload themselves; $15.00 per item containing freon or refrigerant; tickets from Town Hall
What can be recycledThe town’s recycling pagefrontroyalva.com →

From frontroyalva.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2/1/26. 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.

Front Royal kids go to
PK–55 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–12Warren County HighWarren County Public Schools

Front Royal is in Warren County Public Schools.

C+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 Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

Front Royal is in ZIP code 22630

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Front RoyalZIP’s residents in Front Royal
22630Front Royal, VA100%44%
Area code540Wikidata

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 Front Royal

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

The Town of Front Royal water system (EPA ID VA2187406). 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 0.0 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Front Royal?

Town of Front Royal (Town of Front Royal), a municipal utility.

What internet providers serve Front Royal?

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

What ZIP codes are in Front Royal?

22630. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Front Royal in?

Warren County Public Schools.

How do I register to vote in Front Royal?

In Virginia you can register online until 11 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 11 days before). Elections here are run by the Warren General Registrar. Check your registration at vote.elections.virginia.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: Front Royal’s own website (frontroyalva.com), 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 Sep 30, 2026 (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.