Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY 4.0Living in Guildhall, VT: what to set up and who to call
Voting is local here: the Guildhall Town Clerk registers voters and runs elections, not the county. Two school districts split the grades in Guildhall: Northeast Kingdom Choice School District and Essex North Supervisory Union.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Guildhall, 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 Guildhall.
Power comes from Green Mountain Power
Green Mountain Power (Green Mountain Power Corp), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Guildhall. Its homes paid an average of 23.3¢ per kWh in 2025, about $140 a month (its average across Vermont).
Start or move service: greenmountainpower.com · (888) 836-4672
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Guildhall Water System
Guildhall Water System supplies Guildhall: about 45% of residents live in its service area. About 55% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated ground water (EPA lists Groveton Water Sys as seller) and serves 136 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 2021–Dec 2023, was 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 52% 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. VT0005111.
8 home internet providers serve Guildhall
88% of 178 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 86% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEK Broadband | Fiber | 80% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Consolidated Communications | DSL | 40% | 40/10 |
| Fidium Fiber | Fiber | 4% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Netafy | Fixed wireless | 62% | 600/150 |
| VTel Wireless | Fixed wireless | 53% | 25/3 |
| Wireless Partners | Fixed wireless | 28% | 50/10 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Guildhall’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Guildhall.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Guildhall is in two districts that split the grades: Northeast Kingdom Choice School District and Essex North Supervisory Union.
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.
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.
Guildhall is in ZIP code 05905
ZIP codes where Guildhall residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Guildhall | ZIP’s residents in Guildhall |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05905 | Guildhall, VT | 100% | 33% |
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 Guildhall
Who supplies Guildhall’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Guildhall Water System (EPA ID VT0005111). 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 1.0 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Guildhall?
Green Mountain Power (Green Mountain Power Corp), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 23.3¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Guildhall?
NEK Broadband, Consolidated Communications, Fidium Fiber, Netafy, VTel Wireless, Wireless Partners (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Guildhall?
05905. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Guildhall in?
Northeast Kingdom Choice School District and Essex North Supervisory Union.
How do I register to vote in Guildhall?
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 Guildhall 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: 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 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 National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.