Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Living in Town Creek, AL: what to set up and who to call
Tap water in most of Town Creek comes from Town Creek Water System, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 22% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result of 0.6 ppb. Power in Town Creek comes from Joe Wheeler Elec Member, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Town Creek, 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 Town Creek.
Power comes from Joe Wheeler Elec Member
Joe Wheeler Elec Member (Joe Wheeler Elec Member Corp), a cooperative utility, serves all of Town Creek. Its homes paid an average of 15.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $210 a month (its average across Alabama).
Start or move service: jwemc.coop · (256) 552-2300
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Town Creek Water System
Town Creek Water System supplies Town Creek: about 77% of residents live in its service area. About 23% 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 Colbert County Rural Water System and West Morgan-East Lawrence W&s Authority as sellers) and serves 1,527 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 2024–Dec 2026, was 0.6 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.2 ppb. That’s lower than 57% 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. AL0000800.
5 home internet providers serve Town Creek
95% of 468 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 94% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| FlashFiber | Fiber | 80% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Spectrum | Fiber | 74% | 1,000/1,000 |
| AT&T | DSL | 65% | 10/1 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 62% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 5% | 25/6 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Town Creek’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Town Creek.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Town Creek is in Lawrence 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 Jul 2019; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Town Creek is in ZIP code 35672
ZIP codes where Town Creek residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Town Creek | ZIP’s residents in Town Creek |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35672 | Town Creek, AL | 100% | 18% |
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 Town Creek
Who supplies Town Creek’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Town Creek Water System (EPA ID AL0000800). 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 0.6 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Town Creek?
Joe Wheeler Elec Member (Joe Wheeler Elec Member Corp), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 15.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Town Creek?
FlashFiber, Spectrum, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Town Creek?
35672. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Town Creek in?
Lawrence County School District.
How do I register to vote in Town Creek?
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 Lawrence 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.