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Gillette City Hall (1936)Gillette City Hall (1936) · Photo: Mr. Satterly · CC0
The Gillette handbook

Living in Gillette, WY: what to set up and who to call

Gillette runs its own electric utility, City of Gillette; its homes paid 12.9¢ per kWh in 2025. The closest ER is Campbell County Health, 1.6 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Gillette, 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 Gillette.

Electricity

Power comes from City of Gillette

City of Gillette (City of Gillette - (WY)), a municipal utility, serves 91.6% of Gillette residents. Its homes paid an average of 12.9¢ per kWh in 2025, about $115 a month (its average across Wyoming).

Start or move service: gillettewy.gov · (307) 686-5200

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 City of Gillette water system

The City of Gillette water system supplies Gillette: about 87% of residents live in its service area. About 4% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 32,222 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile2.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2026, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 7.0 ppb. That’s higher than 65% 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. WY5600019.

Internet

7 home internet providers serve Gillette

100% of 11,477 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 60% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Visionary BroadbandFixed wireless, Fiber100%5,000/5,000
SpectrumCable, Fiber96%1,000/35
CenturyLinkDSL, Fiber50%60/5
Collins CommunicationsFixed wireless100%75/25
VerizonFixed wireless71%300/20
AT&TFixed wireless67%100/20

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

Trash & recycling

Trash and recycling in Gillette

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Gillette, from the town’s own site.

Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsYard waste roll-outs: limbs must be 2 inches or less in diameter and 36 inches or less in length; larger tree trimmings and bulky items must be taken to the City yard waste drop-off site at no fee

We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check gillettewy.gov →

From gillettewy.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 23, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Gillette kids go to
K–610 schoolsDepends on your address
7–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your address

Gillette is in Campbell County School District 1.

CSchool gradeSee 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 Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Gillette spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of GilletteZIP’s residents in Gillette
82718Gillette, WY60%78%
82716Gillette, WY40%78%

82717 is P.O. box or single-organization ZIP with no homes.

Area code307Wikidata

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 Gillette

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

The City of Gillette water system (EPA ID WY5600019). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Gillette?

City of Gillette (City of Gillette - (WY)), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 12.9¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Gillette?

Visionary Broadband, Spectrum, CenturyLink, Collins Communications, Verizon, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Gillette?

82718 (60%), 82716 (40%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Gillette in?

Campbell County School District 1.

How do I register to vote in Gillette?

Wyoming has no online registration; you can register in person up to and including Election Day or by mail (received 14 days before). Elections here are run by the Campbell County Clerk. Check your registration at sos.wyo.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: Gillette’s own website (gillettewy.gov), read Oct 23, 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 Nov 18, 2024 (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.