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The State Line handbook

Living in State Line, MS: what to set up and who to call

Every home in State Line is in ZIP code 39362. Washington County Hospital, 14.1 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.

I’m new in town

What to set up in State Line, 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 State Line.

Electricity

Power comes from Mississippi Power

Mississippi Power (Mississippi Power Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of State Line. Its homes paid an average of 15.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $179 a month (its average across Mississippi).

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 Beat III W/A #1-Sand Hill water system

The Beat III W/A #1-Sand Hill water system supplies State Line: about 32% of residents live in its service area. Buckatunna Water Association serves another 14%. About 53% 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 3,881 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 percentile1.3 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 1.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 56% 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. MS0210001.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve State Line

100% of 225 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Singing River ConnectFiber100%1,000/1,000
TDS TelecomDSL53%50/10
T-MobileFixed wireless57%100/20
AT&TFixed wireless31%25/3

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have State Line’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in State Line.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in State Line or within 5 miles (as of Oct 9, 2026); map coverage varies by town.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

State Line kids go to
PK–88 schoolsDepends on your address
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your address

Most of State Line (50%) is in Wayne County School District; parts are in Greene County School District (50%).

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.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Town HallBudget, officials, electionsState Line’s government in one page
Who runs elections hereGreene County RegistrarElections here are run by Greene County (county election office). Most of State Line (52%) votes here; the rest in Wayne County (48%). P.O. Box 310, Leakesville, MS 39451 · (601) 394-2379FVAP, Sep 2023
Register to voteIn personMississippi has no online registration; you can register in person until 30 days before Election Day or by mail (postmarked 30 days before).vote.govCheck your registration and polling placemsegov.comThe state’s voter lookup

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

State Line is in ZIP code 39362

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of State LineZIP’s residents in State Line
39362State Line, MS100%18%
Area code601Wikidata

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 State Line

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

The Beat III W/A #1-Sand Hill water system (EPA ID MS0210001). 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 1.3 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in State Line?

Mississippi Power (Mississippi Power Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 15.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve State Line?

Singing River Connect, TDS Telecom, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in State Line?

39362. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is State Line in?

Wayne County School District. Parts of the city are in Greene County School District.

How do I register to vote in State Line?

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 Greene 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.