Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY 4.0Living in Hardwick, VT: what to set up and who to call
Power in Hardwick comes from Vermont Electric Cooperative, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. Hardwick runs its own elections, so the Hardwick Town Clerk, not a county office, keeps the voter rolls.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Hardwick, 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 Hardwick.
Power comes from Vermont Electric Cooperative
Vermont Electric Cooperative (Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Hardwick. 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 Hardwick Town Water System
Hardwick Town Water System supplies Hardwick: about 42% of residents live in its service area. East Hardwick Fire District 1 serves another 12%. About 46% 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 1,900 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 3.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 85% 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. VT0005039.
8 home internet providers serve Hardwick
82% of 1,369 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 14% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 67% | 1,200/35 |
| Consolidated Communications | DSL | 61% | 80/20 |
| NEK Broadband | Fiber | 14% | 1,000/1,000 |
| VTel Wireless | Fixed wireless | 82% | 25/3 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 41% | 25/3 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 30% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Hardwick’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Hardwick.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Hardwick is in three districts that split the grades: Hazen UHSD 26, Mountain View Union Elementary 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 Dec 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Hardwick spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Hardwick residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Hardwick | ZIP’s residents in Hardwick |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05843 | Hardwick, VT | 76% | 87% |
| 05836 | East Hardwick, VT | 23% | 60% |
A few homes fall in 05842.
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 Hardwick
Who supplies Hardwick’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Hardwick Town Water System (EPA ID VT0005039). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 3.2 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Hardwick?
Vermont Electric Cooperative (Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 24.3¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Hardwick?
Xfinity, Consolidated Communications, NEK Broadband, VTel Wireless, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Hardwick?
05843 (76%), 05836 (23%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Hardwick in?
Hazen UHSD 26 and Mountain View Union Elementary School District and Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union.
How do I register to vote in Hardwick?
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 Hardwick 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.