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The Booneville handbook

Living in Booneville, KY: what to set up and who to call

Booneville Water and Sewer reported one health-based violation to EPA in the last five years: a disinfection byproducts requirement (Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule), beginning Mar 2025. Power in Booneville comes from Jackson Energy Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Booneville, 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 Booneville.

Electricity

Power comes from Jackson Energy Coop

Jackson Energy Coop (Jackson Energy Coop Corp - (KY)), a cooperative utility, serves all of Booneville. Its homes paid an average of 14.8¢ per kWh in 2025, about $175 a month (its average across Kentucky).

Start or move service: jacksonenergy.com

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 Booneville Water and Sewer

Booneville Water and Sewer supplies almost all of Booneville. It draws surface water and serves 5,346 people in all.

1 health-based violation reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a disinfection byproducts requirement (Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule), beginning Mar 2025. 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people had none.

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

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 67% 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. KY0950036.

Internet

2 home internet providers serve Booneville

100% of 129 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Peoples Rural Telephone CooperativeFiber100%1,000/1,000
T-MobileFixed wireless25%100/20

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Booneville’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Booneville.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Booneville kids go to
PK–5Owsley County Elementary SchoolOwsley County School District
6–12Owsley County High SchoolOwsley County School District

Booneville is in Owsley County 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 Sep 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Booneville is in ZIP code 41314

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of BoonevilleZIP’s residents in Booneville
41314Booneville, KY100%4%
Area code606Wikidata

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 Booneville

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

Booneville Water and Sewer (EPA ID KY0950036). It reported 1 health-based violation to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a disinfection byproducts requirement (Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule). 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.0 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Booneville?

Jackson Energy Coop (Jackson Energy Coop Corp - (KY)), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 14.8¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Booneville?

Peoples Rural Telephone Cooperative, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Booneville?

41314. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Booneville in?

Owsley County School District.

How do I register to vote in Booneville?

In Kentucky you can register online until 29 days before Election Day, in person until 29 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 29 days before). Elections here are run by the Owsley County Clerk. Check your registration at vrsws.sos.ky.gov.

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.