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The Lunenburg handbook

Living in Lunenburg, VT: what to set up and who to call

There is no curbside pickup in Lunenburg: residents take trash to Lunenburg Transfer Station. To register to vote, go to the Lunenburg Town Clerk: Lunenburg runs its own elections.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Lunenburg, 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 Lunenburg.

Electricity

Power comes from Green Mountain Power

Green Mountain Power (Green Mountain Power Corp), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Lunenburg. 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Lunenburg Fire District 2

Lunenburg Fire District 2 supplies Lunenburg: about 23% of residents live in its service area. Lunenburg Fire District 1 serves another 20%. About 56% 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 400 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.

Lead, 90th percentile2.4 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 2.4 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 77% 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. VT0005113.

Internet

8 home internet providers serve Lunenburg

88% of 769 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 84% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Consolidated CommunicationsDSL65%80/20
NEK BroadbandFiber42%1,000/1,000
Green Mountain AccessFiber34%10,000/10,000
Kingdom FiberFiber11%1,000/500
VTel WirelessFixed wireless53%25/3
NetafyFixed wireless53%350/350

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

Trash & recycling

No curbside pickup in Lunenburg: trash goes to the transfer station

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

How trash works hereDrop-off onlyNo curbside pickup: you take it to the drop-offlunenburg-gilmanvt.gov
Transfer stationLunenburg Transfer StationHours ↓
Transfer station · where your trash goes

Lunenburg Transfer Station

47 Transfer Station Road

MTWTFSS
8a
10a
12p
2p
4p
  • Wed8:15 am–5 pm
  • Sat8 am–5 pm
What goes in the recycling bin

Sorted recycling

Separate your recyclables by material.

Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsAll household waste must be in an approved Lunenburg bag; fees may apply for other items

From lunenburg-gilmanvt.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. 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.

Lunenburg kids go to
PK–5Lunenburg & Gilman SchoolsKingdom East Unified Union School District
6–86 middle schoolsDepends on your address

Lunenburg is in two districts that split the grades: Kingdom East Supervisory District and Kingdom East Unified Union School District.

CSchool 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 Nov 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

Lunenburg spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of LunenburgZIP’s residents in Lunenburg
05906Lunenburg, VT79%86%
05904Gilman, VT21%100%
Area code802Wikidata

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 Lunenburg

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

Lunenburg Fire District 2 (EPA ID VT0005113). 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 2.4 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Lunenburg?

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 Lunenburg?

Consolidated Communications, NEK Broadband, Green Mountain Access, Kingdom Fiber, VTel Wireless, Netafy (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Lunenburg?

05906 (79%), 05904 (21%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Lunenburg in?

Kingdom East Supervisory District and Kingdom East Unified Union School District.

How do I register to vote in Lunenburg?

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 Lunenburg 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: Lunenburg’s own website (lunenburg-gilmanvt.gov), 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 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.