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The St. George handbook

Living in St. George, VT: what to set up and who to call

Power in St. George comes from Vermont Electric Cooperative, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. To register to vote, go to the Saint George Town Clerk: St. George runs its own elections.

I’m new in town

What to set up in St. George, 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 St. George.

Electricity

Power comes from Vermont Electric Cooperative

Vermont Electric Cooperative (Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves 86.6% of St. George residents. 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from St George Community Cooperative water system

The St George Community Cooperative water system supplies St. George: about 52% of residents live in its service area. St George Fire District 1 serves another 18%. St George Fire District #2 serves another 10%. About 40% 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.

Lead, 90th percentile1.1 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2024–Dec 2026, was 1.1 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 4.2 ppb. That’s higher than 59% 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. VT0005095.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve St. George

91% of 330 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 20% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable89%1,200/35
Green Mountain AccessDSL, Fiber72%1,000/1,000
VTel WirelessFixed wireless82%25/3
T-MobileFixed wireless46%25/3
VerizonFixed wireless25%300/20

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have St. George’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in St. George.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in St. George or within 5 miles (as of Oct 9, 2026); map coverage varies by town.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

St. George kids go to
PK–84 schoolsDepends on your address
9–12Champlain Valley Union High Schoolin Hinesburg

St. George is in two districts that split the grades: Champlain Valley Unified School District and Champlain Valley Supervisory District.

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.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

St. George is in ZIP code 05495

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of St. GeorgeZIP’s residents in St. George
05495Williston, VT100%7%
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 St. George

Who supplies St. George’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

The St George Community Cooperative water system (EPA ID VT0005095). 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 1.1 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in St. George?

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 St. George?

Xfinity, Green Mountain Access, VTel Wireless, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in St. George?

05495. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is St. George in?

Champlain Valley Unified School District and Champlain Valley Supervisory District.

How do I register to vote in St. George?

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 Saint George 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.