Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Baskin, LA: what to set up and who to call
An EPA health-based violation from 2021 is still open for North Franklin Water Works, which supplies Baskin. Power in Baskin comes from Northeast Louisiana Power Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Baskin, 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 Baskin.
Power comes from Northeast Louisiana Power Coop
Northeast Louisiana Power Coop (Northeast Louisiana Power Coop Inc.), a cooperative utility, serves all of Baskin. Its homes paid an average of 11.2¢ per kWh in 2025, about $159 a month (its average across Louisiana).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from North Franklin Water Works
North Franklin Water Works supplies Baskin: about 88% of residents live in its service area. About 12% 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 7,989 people in all.
1 health-based violation reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a groundwater treatment requirement (Groundwater Rule), beginning Nov 2023. 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people had none. 1 older violation is still open, since 2021: a groundwater treatment requirement (Groundwater Rule), per EPA’s records.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, 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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. LA1041003.
Which providers serve Baskin
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Baskin, 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 Baskin’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Baskin.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Baskin is in Franklin Parish 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 Aug 2015; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Baskin spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Baskin residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Baskin | ZIP’s residents in Baskin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 71219 | Baskin, LA | 98% | 18% |
| 71295 | Winnsboro, LA | 2% | 0% |
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 Baskin
Who supplies Baskin’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
North Franklin Water Works (EPA ID LA1041003). It reported 1 health-based violation to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a groundwater treatment requirement (Groundwater Rule). 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.0 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Baskin?
Northeast Louisiana Power Coop (Northeast Louisiana Power Coop Inc.), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 11.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Baskin?
71219 (98%), 71295 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Baskin in?
Franklin Parish School District.
How do I register to vote in Baskin?
In Louisiana you can register online until 20 days before Election Day, in person until 30 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Franklin Parish Registrar of Voters. Check your registration at voterportal.sos.la.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 Aug 3, 2026 (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.