Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Whitingham, VT: what to set up and who to call
Whitingham runs its own elections, so the Whitingham Town Clerk, not a county office, keeps the voter rolls. Two school districts split the grades in Whitingham: Twin Valley Unified School District and Windham Southwest Supervisory Union.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Whitingham, 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 Whitingham.
Water comes from Town of Readsboro water system
The Town of Readsboro water system supplies Whitingham: about 0% of residents live in its service area. About 100% 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 375 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 2023–Dec 2025, was 1.7 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 67% 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. VT0005028.
5 home internet providers serve Whitingham
98% of 887 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 98% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DVFiber | Fiber | 96% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Fidium Fiber | Fiber | 88% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Consolidated Communications | DSL | 6% | 10/1 |
| VTel Wireless | Fixed wireless | 82% | 25/3 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 5% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Whitingham
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Whitingham, from the town’s own site.
Whitingham Drop-off
4185 Vermont Route 100, Jacksonville, VT
- Thu9 am–2 pm
- Sat9 am–2 pm
The town’s page also lists “Tue 9 am-2 pm and 5-7 pm”, which we couldn’t read as opening hours: check the town’s page for those days.
Single-stream recycling
All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.
From whitinghamvt.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 22, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Whitingham is in two districts that split the grades: Twin Valley Unified School District and Windham Southwest Supervisory Union.
B−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 Nov 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Whitingham spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Whitingham residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Whitingham | ZIP’s residents in Whitingham |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05361 | Whitingham, VT | 64% | 100% |
| 05342 | Jacksonville, VT | 36% | 73% |
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 Whitingham
Who supplies Whitingham’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Town of Readsboro water system (EPA ID VT0005028). 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 1.7 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
What internet providers serve Whitingham?
DVFiber, Fidium Fiber, Consolidated Communications, VTel Wireless, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Whitingham?
05361 (64%), 05342 (36%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Whitingham in?
Twin Valley Unified School District and Windham Southwest Supervisory Union.
How do I register to vote in Whitingham?
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 Whitingham 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.
- Trash: Whitingham’s own website (whitinghamvt.org), read Oct 22, 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.