Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Living in Wingo, KY: what to set up and who to call
Power in Wingo comes from West Kentucky Rural E C C, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. Graves County School District runs the public schools in Wingo.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Wingo, 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 Wingo.
Power comes from West Kentucky Rural E C C
West Kentucky Rural E C C (West Kentucky Rural E C C), a cooperative utility, serves all of Wingo. Its homes paid an average of 14.2¢ per kWh in 2025, about $171 a month (its average across Kentucky).
Start or move service: wkrecc.com
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Wingo Water & Sewer Department
Wingo Water & Sewer Department supplies Wingo: about 86% of residents live in its service area. About 13% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 965 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 3.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 12.0 ppb. That’s higher than 81% 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. KY0420475.
4 home internet providers serve Wingo
100% of 294 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Kentucky Rural Telephone Coop Corp | Fiber | 100% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 93% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 71% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 17% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Wingo’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Wingo.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Wingo is in Graves 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.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Feb 2019; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Wingo is in ZIP code 42088
ZIP codes where Wingo residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Wingo | ZIP’s residents in Wingo |
|---|---|---|---|
| 42088 | Wingo, KY | 100% | 21% |
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 Wingo
Who supplies Wingo’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Wingo Water & Sewer Department (EPA ID KY0420475). 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 3.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Wingo?
West Kentucky Rural E C C (West Kentucky Rural E C C), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 14.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Wingo?
West Kentucky Rural Telephone Coop Corp, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Wingo?
42088. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Wingo in?
Graves County School District.
How do I register to vote in Wingo?
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 Graves 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.