Stone, John M., Cotton Mill · Photo: rossograph · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Starkville, MS: what to set up and who to call
Starkville runs its own electric utility, City of Starkville; its homes paid 12.7¢ per kWh in 2025. Most homes in Starkville have two wired internet choices, BCI Mississippi Broadband and AT&T.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Starkville, 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 Starkville.
Power comes from City of Starkville
City of Starkville (City of Starkville), a municipal utility, serves 59.7% of Starkville residents. Its homes paid an average of 12.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $107 a month (its average across Mississippi).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Ms State University water system
The Ms State University water system supplies Starkville: about 53% of residents live in its service area. Adaton W/A #1-Josey Creek serves another 16%. Sessums Water Association serves another 10%. City of Starkville serves another 7%. 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 15,000 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 1.6 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 3.3 ppb. That’s higher than 59% 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. MS0530012.
6 home internet providers serve Starkville
100% of 8,156 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 85% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCI Mississippi Broadband | Fiber, Cable | 97% | 10,000/10,000 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fiber, Fixed wireless | 71% | 5,000/5,000 |
| C Spire | Fiber, Fixed wireless | 38% | 8,000/8,000 |
| 4-County Fiber | Fiber | 7% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 41% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 35% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Starkville’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Starkville.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Starkville is in Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated 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.
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.
Starkville spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Starkville residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Starkville | ZIP’s residents in Starkville |
|---|---|---|---|
| 39759 | Starkville, MS | 98% | 55% |
| 39762 | Mississippi State, MS | 2% | 9% |
39760 is P.O. box or single-organization ZIP with no homes.
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 Starkville
Who supplies Starkville’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Ms State University water system (EPA ID MS0530012). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.6 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Starkville?
City of Starkville (City of Starkville), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 12.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Starkville?
BCI Mississippi Broadband, AT&T, C Spire, 4-County Fiber, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Starkville?
39759 (98%), 39762 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Starkville in?
Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District.
How do I register to vote in Starkville?
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 Oktibbeha 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.