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The Mountain View handbook

Living in Mountain View, AR: what to set up and who to call

Every home in Mountain View is in ZIP code 72560. The closest ER is Stone County Medical Center, 1.5 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Mountain View, 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 Mountain View.

Electricity

Power comes from Entergy Arkansas

Entergy Arkansas (Entergy Arkansas LLC), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Mountain View. 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Mountain View Waterworks

Mountain View Waterworks supplies almost all of Mountain View. It draws surface water and serves 6,153 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.

Lead, 90th percentile2.3 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2026–Dec 2028, was 2.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 4.0 ppb. That’s higher than 74% 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. AR0000542.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Mountain View

85% of 1,652 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 11% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Mountain View Telephone CompanyDSL, Cable, Fiber99%1,000/500
VerizonFixed wireless79%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless50%100/20
AT&TFixed wireless43%25/3

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Mountain View’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Mountain View.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Mountain View kids go to
PK–4Mountain View Elementary SchoolMountain View School District
5–8Mountain View Middle SchoolMountain View School District
9–12Mountain View High SchoolMountain View School District

Mountain View is in Mountain View School District.

B+School 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 Aug 2015; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Mountain View is in ZIP code 72560

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Mountain ViewZIP’s residents in Mountain View
72560Mountain View, AR100%33%
Area code870Wikidata

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 Mountain View

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

Mountain View Waterworks (EPA ID AR0000542). 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 2.3 ppb (Jan 2026–Dec 2028), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Mountain View?

Entergy Arkansas (Entergy Arkansas LLC), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 13.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Mountain View?

Mountain View Telephone Company, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Mountain View?

72560. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Mountain View in?

Mountain View School District.

How do I register to vote in Mountain View?

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 Stone 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.