Living in Spelter, WV: what to set up and who to call
Spelter has no town government of its own, so Harrison County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Harrison County School District. The nearest library is Bridgeport Public Library, 3.7 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Spelter, 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 Spelter.
Power comes from Mon Power
Mon Power (Monongahela Power Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Spelter. Its homes paid an average of 14.3¢ per kWh in 2025, about $133 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 Enlarged Hepzibah PSD
Enlarged Hepzibah PSD supplies Spelter: about 50% of residents live in its service area. About 50% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Clarksburg Water Board as seller) and serves 1,912 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–Jun 2023, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.7 ppb. That’s higher than 69% 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. WV3301709.
4 home internet providers serve Spelter
95% of 162 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 62% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optimum | Cable | 91% | 500/20 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 62% | 5,000/5,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 59% | 100/20 |
| Micrologic | Fixed wireless | 56% | 50/10 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Spelter’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Spelter.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Spelter is in Harrison County School 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.
No town hall: the county runs things
Spelter is unincorporated, so Harrison County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Oct 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Spelter is in ZIP code 26438
ZIP codes where Spelter residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Spelter | ZIP’s residents in Spelter |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26438 | Spelter, WV | 100% | 100% |
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 Spelter
Who supplies Spelter’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Enlarged Hepzibah PSD (EPA ID WV3301709). 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 2.0 ppb (Jan–Jun 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Spelter?
Mon Power (Monongahela Power Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 14.3¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Spelter?
Optimum, Frontier, T-Mobile, Micrologic (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Spelter?
26438. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Spelter in?
Harrison County School District.
How do I register to vote in Spelter?
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 Harrison 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.