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The Marksville handbook

Living in Marksville, LA: what to set up and who to call

Tap water in Marksville comes from City of Marksville Water System, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 20% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result below detection. Power in Marksville comes from Pointe Coupee Elec Member, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Marksville, 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 Marksville.

Electricity

Power comes from Pointe Coupee Elec Member

Pointe Coupee Elec Member (Pointe Coupee Elec Member Corp), a cooperative utility, serves all of Marksville. Its homes paid an average of 14.8¢ per kWh in 2025, about $178 a month (its average across Louisiana).

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 City of Marksville Water System

City of Marksville Water System supplies almost all of Marksville. It buys treated ground water (EPA lists Avoyelles Water Commission as seller) and serves 7,593 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.

Lead, 90th percentile0.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2024–Dec 2026, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.

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. LA1009011.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Marksville

100% of 2,287 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Swyft ConnectFiber, Cable100%1,000/1,000
AT&TDSL, Fixed wireless70%25/3
VerizonFixed wireless58%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless41%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 Marksville’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Marksville.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Marksville kids go to
PK–6Marksville Elementary SchoolAvoyelles Parish School District
7–12Marksville High SchoolAvoyelles Parish School District

Marksville is in Avoyelles Parish School District.

B+School gradeSee 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 Aug 2015; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

Marksville spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of MarksvilleZIP’s residents in Marksville
71351Marksville, LA99%45%
71350Mansura, LA1%2%
Area code318Wikidata

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 Marksville

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

City of Marksville Water System (EPA ID LA1009011). 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 0.0 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Marksville?

Pointe Coupee Elec Member (Pointe Coupee Elec Member Corp), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 14.8¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Marksville?

Swyft Connect, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Marksville?

71351 (99%), 71350 (1%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Marksville in?

Avoyelles Parish School District.

How do I register to vote in Marksville?

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 Avoyelles 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 National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.