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The Norphlet handbook

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

Norphlet spans 2 ZIP codes; 71730 holds the most residents (58%). For emergencies, Norphlet is closest to South Arkansas Regional Hospital, 7 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Norphlet, 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 Norphlet.

Electricity

Power comes from Entergy Arkansas

Entergy Arkansas (Entergy Arkansas LLC), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Norphlet. 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 Norphlet Waterworks

Norphlet Waterworks supplies almost all of Norphlet. It draws ground water and serves 1,112 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.

Lead, 90th percentile2.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2001–Dec 2003, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 2003: 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. AR0000554.

Internet

Which providers serve Norphlet

Data pending · D4

This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Norphlet, 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.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Norphlet’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Norphlet.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Norphlet or within 5 miles (as of Oct 9, 2026); map coverage varies by town.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Norphlet kids go to
PK–4Smackover Elementary SchoolSmackover-Norphlet School District
5–8Norphlet Middle SchoolSmackover-Norphlet School District
9–12Smackover High SchoolSmackover-Norphlet School District

Norphlet is in Smackover-Norphlet 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.

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

Norphlet spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of NorphletZIP’s residents in Norphlet
71730El Dorado, AR58%1%
71759Norphlet, AR42%94%
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 Norphlet

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

Norphlet Waterworks (EPA ID AR0000554). 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 2.0 ppb (Jan 2001–Dec 2003), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Norphlet?

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 Norphlet?

71730 (58%), 71759 (42%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Norphlet in?

Smackover-Norphlet School District.

How do I register to vote in Norphlet?

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 Union 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.