Photo: Jim Roberts · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in St. Albans, WV: what to set up and who to call
St Albans Water reported one health-based violation to EPA in the last five years: disinfection byproducts (TTHM), beginning Jul 2025. Thomas Memorial Hospital, 5.3 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.
I’m new in town
What to set up in St. Albans, 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 St. Albans.
Power comes from Appalachian Power
Appalachian Power (Appalachian Power Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of St. Albans. 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 St Albans Water
St Albans Water supplies St. Albans: about 85% of residents live in its service area. West Virginia American Water serves another 15%. About 4% 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 13,758 people in all.
1 health-based violation reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: disinfection byproducts (TTHM), beginning Jul 2025. 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people had none.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2020–Dec 2022, was 1.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 54% 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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. WV3302031.
5 home internet providers serve St. Albans
98% of 5,052 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 77% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optimum | Cable | 96% | 940/35 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 93% | 7,000/7,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 91% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 35% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 22% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in St. Albans
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in St. Albans, from the town’s own site.
St. Albans Public Works Transfer Station
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
From stalbanswv.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2022-05-31, 2022-05-31T12:27:44-04:00, 2026-06-26T13:33:53-04:00. 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.
St. Albans is in Kanawha 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 Jan 2024; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
St. Albans is in ZIP code 25177
ZIP codes where St. Albans residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of St. Albans | ZIP’s residents in St. Albans |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25177 | Saint Albans, WV | 100% | 47% |
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 St. Albans
Who supplies St. Albans’ drinking water, and has it had violations?
St Albans Water (EPA ID WV3302031). It reported 1 health-based violation to EPA in the five years to October 2026: disinfection byproducts (TTHM). 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.3 ppb (Jan 2020–Dec 2022), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in St. Albans?
Appalachian Power (Appalachian Power Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve St. Albans?
Optimum, Frontier, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in St. Albans?
25177. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is St. Albans in?
Kanawha County School District.
How do I register to vote in St. Albans?
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 Kanawha 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: St. Albans’ own website (stalbanswv.com), read Oct 21, 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.