Photo: Magnolia677 · CC BY 4.0Living in Durant, MS: what to set up and who to call
Durant runs its own electric utility, City of Durant. Tap water in most of Durant comes from the City of Durant water system, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 22% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result of 0.6 ppb.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Durant, 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 Durant.
Power comes from City of Durant
City of Durant (City of Durant - (MS)), a municipal utility, serves all of Durant.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from City of Durant water system
The City of Durant water system supplies Durant: about 87% of residents live in its service area. Castalian W/A serves another 13%. About 10% 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 2,932 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 0.6 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 58% 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. MS0260006.
3 home internet providers serve Durant
100% of 1,005 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sparklight | Cable | 99% | 1,000/50 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fixed wireless | 84% | 10/1 |
| C Spire | Fixed wireless | 100% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Durant’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Durant.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Durant is in Holmes County Consolidated School District.
CSchool 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 Sep 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Durant is in ZIP code 39063
ZIP codes where Durant residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Durant | ZIP’s residents in Durant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 39063 | Durant, MS | 100% | 72% |
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 Durant
Who supplies Durant’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The City of Durant water system (EPA ID MS0260006). 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 0.6 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Durant?
City of Durant (City of Durant - (MS)), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve Durant?
Sparklight, AT&T, C Spire (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Durant?
39063. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Durant in?
Holmes County Consolidated School District.
How do I register to vote in Durant?
Mississippi has no online registration; you can register in person until 30 days before Election Day or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Holmes County Registrar. Check your registration at msegov.com.
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.