Otha Walker Homestead · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in West Point, AR: what to set up and who to call
Most mail in West Point goes to 72143 (76% of residents), one of 2 ZIP codes in town. The nearest library is Janet & Larry Crain Memorial Library (White County Regional Library System), 8.7 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in West Point, 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 West Point.
Power comes from Entergy Arkansas
Entergy Arkansas (Entergy Arkansas LLC), an investor-owned utility, serves all of West Point. 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 Se White County Water Assoc
Se White County Water Assoc supplies almost all of West Point. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Searcy Waterworks as seller) and serves 5,018 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 2003–Dec 2005, was 9.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 2005: 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. AR0000594.
Which providers serve West Point
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in West Point, 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 West Point’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in West Point.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
West Point is in Riverview 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.
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.
West Point spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where West Point residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of West Point | ZIP’s residents in West Point |
|---|---|---|---|
| 72143 | Searcy, AR | 76% | 0% |
| 72178 | West Point, AR | 24% | 100% |
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 West Point
Who supplies West Point’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Se White County Water Assoc (EPA ID AR0000594). 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 9.0 ppb (Jan 2003–Dec 2005), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in West Point?
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 West Point?
72143 (76%), 72178 (24%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is West Point in?
Riverview School District.
How do I register to vote in West Point?
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 White 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.