Photo: self · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Horntown, VA: what to set up and who to call
Horntown has no town government of its own, so Accomack County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Accomack County Public Schools. Power in Horntown comes from A & N Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Horntown, 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 Horntown.
Power comes from A & N Electric Coop
A & N Electric Coop (A & N Electric Coop), a cooperative utility, serves all of Horntown. Its homes paid an average of 14.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $143 a month (its average across Virginia).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Trails End water system
The Trails End water system supplies Horntown: about 31% of residents live in its service area. About 69% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 495 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2024–Dec 2026, was 0.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.8 ppb. That’s lower than 56% 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. VA3001140.
Which providers serve Horntown
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Horntown, the share of addresses that can get 100/20 Mbps and the share with fiber, with the map’s “as of” date.
Source to come: FCC Broadband Data Collection.
We don’t have Horntown’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Horntown.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Horntown is in Accomack County Public Schools.
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.
No town hall: the county runs things
Horntown is unincorporated, so Accomack County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jan 2016; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Horntown is in ZIP code 23395
ZIP codes where Horntown residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Horntown | ZIP’s residents in Horntown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23395 | Horntown, VA | 100% | 99% |
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 Horntown
Who supplies Horntown’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Trails End water system (EPA ID VA3001140). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.5 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Horntown?
A & N Electric Coop (A & N Electric Coop), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 14.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Horntown?
23395. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Horntown in?
Accomack County Public Schools.
How do I register to vote in Horntown?
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 Accomack 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: 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 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): pending.