Photo: Public domain · Public domainLiving in New Martinsville, WV: what to set up and who to call
New Martinsville runs its own electric utility, City of New Martinsville. Optimum is the only wired internet provider that reaches most of New Martinsville.
I’m new in town
What to set up in New Martinsville, 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 New Martinsville.
Power comes from City of New Martinsville
City of New Martinsville (City of New Martinsville - (WV)), a municipal utility, serves 99.4% of New Martinsville residents.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Wetzel Co PSD 1
Wetzel Co PSD 1 supplies New Martinsville: about 1% of residents live in its service area. About 99% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated ground water (EPA lists New Martinsville as seller) and serves 1,378 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2025, was 1.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 68% 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. WV3305207.
4 home internet providers serve New Martinsville
87% of 2,595 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optimum | Cable | 86% | 940/35 |
| Frontier | DSL, Fiber | 2% | 7,000/7,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 14% | 25/3 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 9% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have New Martinsville’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in New Martinsville.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
New Martinsville is in Wetzel County 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.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jul 2019; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
New Martinsville is in ZIP code 26155
ZIP codes where New Martinsville residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of New Martinsville | ZIP’s residents in New Martinsville |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26155 | New Martinsville, WV | 100% | 64% |
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 New Martinsville
Who supplies New Martinsville’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Wetzel Co PSD 1 (EPA ID WV3305207). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.9 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in New Martinsville?
City of New Martinsville (City of New Martinsville - (WV)), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve New Martinsville?
Optimum, Frontier, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in New Martinsville?
26155. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is New Martinsville in?
Wetzel County School District.
How do I register to vote in New Martinsville?
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 Wetzel 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.