New River Company General Office Building · Photo: Coal town guy · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Mount Hope, WV: what to set up and who to call
An EPA health-based violation from 2023 is still open for Mount Hope Water. Children in Mount Hope attend Fayette County School District.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Mount Hope, 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 Mount Hope.
Power comes from Appalachian Power
Appalachian Power (Appalachian Power Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Mount Hope. Its homes paid an average of 17.0¢ per kWh in 2025, about $196 a month (its average across West Virginia).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Mount Hope Water
Mount Hope Water supplies Mount Hope: about 81% of residents live in its service area. About 19% 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 1,567 people in all.
5 health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a surface water treatment requirement (Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule) ×5, the latest beginning Oct 2023. 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people had none. 5 older violations are still open, since 2023: a surface water treatment requirement (Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule), per EPA’s records.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 0.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower 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. WV3301024.
5 home internet providers serve Mount Hope
91% of 552 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optimum | Cable | 87% | 940/35 |
| Frontier | DSL | 5% | 90/5 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 65% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 32% | 25/3 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 31% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Mount Hope’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Mount Hope.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Mount Hope is in Fayette County School District.
C−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 Jul 2021; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Mount Hope is in ZIP code 25880
ZIP codes where Mount Hope residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Mount Hope | ZIP’s residents in Mount Hope |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25880 | Mount Hope, WV | 100% | 21% |
25888 is P.O. box or single-organization ZIP with no homes.
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 Mount Hope
Who supplies Mount Hope’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Mount Hope Water (EPA ID WV3301024). It reported 5 health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a surface water treatment requirement (Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule) ×5. 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.5 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Mount Hope?
Appalachian Power (Appalachian Power Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Mount Hope?
Optimum, Frontier, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Mount Hope?
25880. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Mount Hope in?
Fayette County School District.
How do I register to vote in Mount Hope?
In West Virginia you can register online until 21 days before Election Day, in person until 21 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 21 days before). Elections here are run by the Fayette Clerk of the County Commission. Check your registration at apps.sos.wv.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.