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The Rockingham handbook

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

New voters sign up with the Rockingham Town Clerk, which runs Rockingham’s elections. Three school districts split the grades in Rockingham: Bellows Falls UHSD 27, Rockingham School District and Windham Northeast Supervisory Union.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Rockingham, 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 Rockingham.

Electricity

Power comes from Green Mountain Power

Green Mountain Power (Green Mountain Power Corp), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Rockingham. 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 Bellows Falls Water Dept

Bellows Falls Water Dept supplies Rockingham: about 64% of residents live in its service area. Vermont Academy serves another 10%. About 21% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water and serves 4,000 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile1.8 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 1.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 64% 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. VT0005298.

Internet

7 home internet providers serve Rockingham

98% of 1,989 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 76% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable91%2,000/250
Fidium FiberFiber42%2,000/2,000
Vermont Telephone CompanyFiber30%10,000/10,000
VerizonFixed wireless46%300/20
VTel WirelessFixed wireless46%25/3
T-MobileFixed wireless41%100/20

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Rockingham’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Rockingham.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Rockingham kids go to
PK–42 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
5–8Bellows Falls Middle SchoolRockingham School District
9–12Bellows Falls Union High Schoolin Bellows Falls

Rockingham is in three districts that split the grades: Bellows Falls UHSD 27, Rockingham School District and Windham Northeast Supervisory Union.

C−School 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 Dec 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

Rockingham spans 3 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of RockinghamZIP’s residents in Rockingham
05101Bellows Falls, VT80%94%
05154Saxtons River, VT10%100%
05143Chester, VT9%10%

A few homes fall in 05141.

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.

Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Rockingham

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

Bellows Falls Water Dept (EPA ID VT0005298). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.8 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Rockingham?

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 Rockingham?

Xfinity, Fidium Fiber, Vermont Telephone Company, Verizon, VTel Wireless, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Rockingham?

05101 (80%), 05154 (10%), 05143 (9%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Rockingham in?

Bellows Falls UHSD 27 and Rockingham School District and Windham Northeast Supervisory Union.

How do I register to vote in Rockingham?

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 Rockingham 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.