Green Forest Water Tower · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Green Forest, AR: what to set up and who to call
Tap water in Green Forest comes from Green Forest Waterworks, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 20% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result of 1.0 ppb. Green Forest Public Library, at 206 East Main Street, is the library in town.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Green Forest, 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 Green Forest.
Power comes from Entergy Arkansas
Entergy Arkansas (Entergy Arkansas LLC), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Green Forest. Its homes paid an average of 13.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $145 a month (its average across Arkansas).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Green Forest Waterworks
Green Forest Waterworks supplies almost all of Green Forest. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Carroll-Boone Water District as seller) and serves 6,265 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 2023–Dec 2025, was 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. 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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. AR0000077.
6 home internet providers serve Green Forest
99% of 1,084 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 58% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windstream Arkansas | Fiber, DSL, Fixed wireless | 86% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Cox Communications | Cable | 86% | 2,000/35 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 89% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 83% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 82% | 25/3 |
| HBE Internet | Fixed wireless | 6% | 25/5 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Green Forest’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Green Forest.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Green Forest is in Green Forest School District.
CSchool 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 Aug 2015; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Green Forest is in ZIP code 72638
ZIP codes where Green Forest residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Green Forest | ZIP’s residents in Green Forest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 72638 | Green Forest, AR | 100% | 41% |
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 Green Forest
Who supplies Green Forest’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Green Forest Waterworks (EPA ID AR0000077). 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 1.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Green Forest?
Entergy Arkansas (Entergy Arkansas LLC), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 13.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Green Forest?
Windstream Arkansas, Cox Communications, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T, HBE Internet (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Green Forest?
72638. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Green Forest in?
Green Forest School District.
How do I register to vote in Green Forest?
Arkansas has no online registration; you can register in person until 30 days before Election Day or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Carroll County Clerk. Check your registration at voterview.ar-nova.org.
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.