Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY 4.0Living in Craftsbury, VT: what to set up and who to call
Power in Craftsbury comes from Vermont Electric Cooperative, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. Craftsbury has its own drop-off, Craftsbury Transfer Station.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Craftsbury, 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 Craftsbury.
Power comes from Vermont Electric Cooperative
Vermont Electric Cooperative (Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Craftsbury. Its homes paid an average of 24.3¢ per kWh in 2025, about $138 a month (its average across Vermont).
Start or move service: vermontelectric.coop · (800) 832-2667
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Craftsbury Fire District 2
Craftsbury Fire District 2 supplies Craftsbury: about 23% of residents live in its service area. About 77% 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 420 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–Jun 2026, was 2.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 5.2 ppb. That’s higher than 80% 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. VT0005194.
Which providers serve Craftsbury
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Craftsbury, 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.
Trash and recycling in Craftsbury
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Craftsbury, from the town’s own site.
Craftsbury Drop-off
40 Creek Road (near Town Garage)
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
Sorted recycling
Separate your recyclables by material.
From craftsbury.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 22, 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.
Craftsbury is in two districts that split the grades: Craftsbury School District and Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union.
D−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 Nov 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Craftsbury spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Craftsbury residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Craftsbury | ZIP’s residents in Craftsbury |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05826 | Craftsbury, VT | 63% | 99% |
| 05827 | Craftsbury Common, VT | 37% | 79% |
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 Craftsbury
Who supplies Craftsbury’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Craftsbury Fire District 2 (EPA ID VT0005194). 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 2.8 ppb (Jan–Jun 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Craftsbury?
Vermont Electric Cooperative (Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 24.3¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Craftsbury?
05826 (63%), 05827 (37%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Craftsbury in?
Craftsbury School District and Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union.
How do I register to vote in Craftsbury?
In Vermont you can register online up to and including Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (received by Election Day). Elections here are run by the Craftsbury Town Clerk. Check your registration at mvp.vermont.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: Craftsbury’s own website (craftsbury.gov), read Oct 22, 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 Aug 3, 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.