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The Triadelphia handbook

Living in Triadelphia, WV: what to set up and who to call

An EPA health-based violation from 2025 is still open for the Wheeling water system, which supplies Triadelphia. Children in Triadelphia attend Ohio County School District.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Triadelphia, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Triadelphia.

Electricity

Power comes from Appalachian Power

Appalachian Power (Appalachian Power Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Triadelphia. 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Wheeling water system

The Wheeling water system supplies Triadelphia: about 27% of residents live in its service area. About 73% 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 29,899 people in all.

2 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) ×2, the latest beginning Aug 2025. 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people had none. 2 older violations are still open, since 2025: a surface water treatment requirement (Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule), per EPA’s records.

Lead, 90th percentile0.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.0 ppb. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.

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. WV3303516.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Triadelphia

100% of 399 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable100%2,000/250
FrontierDSL, Fiber3%4,000/4,000
AT&TFixed wireless17%25/3
VerizonFixed wireless6%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless2%25/3

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Triadelphia’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Triadelphia.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Triadelphia or within 5 miles (as of Oct 9, 2026); map coverage varies by town.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Triadelphia kids go to
PK–5Middle Creek Elementary SchoolOhio County School District
6–84 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–12Wheeling Park High Schoolin Wheeling

Triadelphia is in Ohio 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.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Mar 2024; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

Triadelphia is in ZIP code 26059

ZIP codes where Triadelphia residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of TriadelphiaZIP’s residents in Triadelphia
26059Triadelphia, WV100%21%
Area code304Wikidata

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

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 Triadelphia

Who supplies Triadelphia’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

The Wheeling water system (EPA ID WV3303516). It reported 2 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) ×2. 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Triadelphia?

Appalachian Power (Appalachian Power Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Triadelphia?

Xfinity, Frontier, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Triadelphia?

26059. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Triadelphia in?

Ohio County School District.

How do I register to vote in Triadelphia?

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 Ohio County Elections Clerk. 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.