Champ Grubbs House · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Lacey, AR: what to set up and who to call
Lacey has no town government of its own, so Drew County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Drew Central School District. For emergencies, Lacey is closest to Baptist Health Medical Center-Drew County, 11.2 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Lacey, 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 Lacey.
Power comes from Entergy Arkansas
Entergy Arkansas (Entergy Arkansas LLC), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Lacey. 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 Lacey-Ladelle Water Associatio
Lacey-Ladelle Water Associatio supplies almost all of Lacey. It buys treated ground water (EPA lists Monticello Water Department as seller) and serves 1,438 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 2002–Dec 2004, was 4.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 2004: EPA has no newer result for this system.
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. AR0000684.
Which providers serve Lacey
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Lacey, the share of addresses that can get 100/20 Mbps and the share with fiber, with the map’s “as of” date.
Source to come: FCC Broadband Data Collection.
We don’t have Lacey’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Lacey.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Lacey is in Drew Central 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.
No town hall: the county runs things
Lacey is unincorporated, so Drew County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Lacey spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Lacey residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Lacey | ZIP’s residents in Lacey |
|---|---|---|---|
| 71655 | Monticello, AR | 81% | 1% |
| 71642 | Fountain Hill, AR | 19% | 5% |
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 Lacey
Who supplies Lacey’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Lacey-Ladelle Water Associatio (EPA ID AR0000684). 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 4.0 ppb (Jan 2002–Dec 2004), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Lacey?
Entergy Arkansas (Entergy Arkansas LLC), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 13.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Lacey?
71655 (81%), 71642 (19%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Lacey in?
Drew Central School District.
How do I register to vote in Lacey?
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 Drew 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): pending.