Living in Taylor, AL: what to set up and who to call
Taylor Water System has a clean five-year EPA record, but its latest lead result, 7.3 ppb, was higher than 96% of similar systems’ (the action level is 15). Power in Taylor comes from Wiregrass Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Taylor, 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 Taylor.
Power comes from Wiregrass Electric Coop
Wiregrass Electric Coop (Wiregrass Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Taylor. Its homes paid an average of 16.0¢ per kWh in 2025, about $194 a month (its average across Alabama).
Start or move service: wiregrass.coop · (334) 588-2223
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Taylor Water System
Taylor Water System supplies Taylor: about 69% of residents live in its service area. City of Dothan Utilities serves another 13%. About 22% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water (EPA lists Slocomb Water Works & Sewer Board and City of Dothan Utilities and Houston County Water Authority as sellers) and serves 9,339 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2024–Dec 2026, was 7.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 96% 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. AL0000702.
5 home internet providers serve Taylor
98% of 1,082 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 57% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 95% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Brightspeed | Fiber, DSL | 52% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 84% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 61% | 25/3 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 59% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Taylor’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Taylor.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Taylor (93%) is in Houston County School District; parts are in Geneva County School District (7%).
A−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 Jul 2019; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Taylor spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Taylor residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Taylor | ZIP’s residents in Taylor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 36301 | Dothan, AL | 83% | 5% |
| 36305 | Dothan, AL | 17% | 2% |
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 Taylor
Who supplies Taylor’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Taylor Water System (EPA ID AL0000702). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 7.3 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Taylor?
Wiregrass Electric Coop (Wiregrass Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 16.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Taylor?
Spectrum, Brightspeed, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Taylor?
36301 (83%), 36305 (17%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Taylor in?
Houston County School District. Parts of the city are in Geneva County School District.
How do I register to vote in Taylor?
In Alabama you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person until 15 days before Election Day, or by mail (received 15 days before). Elections here are run by the Houston County Circuit Clerk. Check your registration at myinfo.alabamavotes.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 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.