Illinois River Bridge · Photo: Oldiron15 · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Springtown, AR: what to set up and who to call
Tap water in Springtown comes from Gentry 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. Power in Springtown comes from Carroll Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Springtown, 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 Springtown.
Power comes from Carroll Electric Coop
Carroll Electric Coop (Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR)), a cooperative utility, serves all of Springtown. 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 Gentry Waterworks
Gentry Waterworks supplies almost all of Springtown. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Benton-Washington Regional Pwa as seller) and serves 7,910 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. AR0000048.
Which providers serve Springtown
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Springtown, 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 Springtown’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Springtown.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Springtown is in Gentry Public Schools.
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.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Oct 2015; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Springtown is in ZIP code 72734
ZIP codes where Springtown residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Springtown | ZIP’s residents in Springtown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 72734 | Gentry, AR | 100% | 1% |
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 Springtown
Who supplies Springtown’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Gentry Waterworks (EPA ID AR0000048). 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 Springtown?
Carroll Electric Coop (Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR)), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 13.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Springtown?
72734. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Springtown in?
Gentry Public Schools.
How do I register to vote in Springtown?
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 Benton 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.