Photo: User:Campaigner444 · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Flatwoods, KY: what to set up and who to call
All of Flatwoods gets its mail under one ZIP code, 41139. Flatwoods Branch, at 1705 Argillite Rd, is the library in town.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Flatwoods, 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 Flatwoods.
Power comes from Kentucky Power
Kentucky Power (Kentucky Power Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Flatwoods. Its homes paid an average of 15.9¢ per kWh in 2025, about $197 a month (its average across Kentucky).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Flatwoods Water Company
Flatwoods Water Company supplies Flatwoods: about 79% of residents live in its service area. About 21% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Ashland Water Works and Russell Water Company as sellers) and serves 9,649 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 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. KY0450132.
4 home internet providers serve Flatwoods
100% of 2,980 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 96% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 99% | 1,000/35 |
| Kinetic | Fiber, DSL | 98% | 2,000/2,000 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 59% | 25/3 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 2% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Flatwoods’ trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Flatwoods.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Flatwoods (92%) is in Russell Independent School District; parts are in Raceland-Worthington Independent School District (5%) and Greenup County School District (2%).
ASchool gradeSee 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 Jun 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Flatwoods is in ZIP code 41139
ZIP codes where Flatwoods residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Flatwoods | ZIP’s residents in Flatwoods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41139 | Flatwoods, KY | 100% | 87% |
A few homes fall in 41169.
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 Flatwoods
Who supplies Flatwoods’ drinking water, and has it had violations?
Flatwoods Water Company (EPA ID KY0450132). 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 2.0 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Flatwoods?
Kentucky Power (Kentucky Power Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 15.9¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Flatwoods?
Spectrum, Kinetic, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Flatwoods?
41139. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Flatwoods in?
Russell Independent School District. Parts of the city are in Raceland-Worthington Independent School District and Greenup County School District.
How do I register to vote in Flatwoods?
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 Greenup 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.