Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 3.0Living in Cookeville, TN: what to set up and who to call
Cookeville runs its own electric utility, City of Cookeville; its homes paid 11.8¢ per kWh in 2025. Cookeville has its own drop-off, Putnam County Recycling Center.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Cookeville, 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 Cookeville.
Power comes from City of Cookeville
City of Cookeville (City of Cookeville - (TN)), a municipal utility, serves 83.4% of Cookeville residents. Its homes paid an average of 11.8¢ per kWh in 2025, about $117 a month (its average across Tennessee).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Cookeville Water Dept
Cookeville Water Dept supplies Cookeville: about 96% of residents live in its service area. It draws surface water and serves 49,711 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 2026–Dec 2028, was 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower 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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. TN0000133.
6 home internet providers serve Cookeville
96% of 11,673 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 80% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 94% | 1,000/35 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 76% | 7,000/7,000 |
| Twin Lakes | Fiber | 33% | 8,000/8,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 85% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 29% | 100/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 24% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Cookeville depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Cookeville, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s dayLook up your day on cookeville-tn.gov
- Bulky itemsTwice a month, Tue
Putnam County Recycling Center
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
Accepted at the curb
- Cardboard
- Magazines
- News Papers
- Number 1 and Number 2 Plastics
Dacco Quarry
3000 Dacco Quarry Road
From cookeville-tn.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Cookeville is in Putnam County School District.
BSchool 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 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Cookeville spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Cookeville residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Cookeville | ZIP’s residents in Cookeville |
|---|---|---|---|
| 38501 | Cookeville, TN | 80% | 68% |
| 38506 | Cookeville, TN | 17% | 20% |
| 38505 | Cookeville, TN | 2% | 100% |
38502, 38503 are P.O. box or single-organization ZIPs 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 Cookeville
Who supplies Cookeville’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Cookeville Water Dept (EPA ID TN0000133). 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 1.0 ppb (Jan 2026–Dec 2028), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Cookeville?
City of Cookeville (City of Cookeville - (TN)), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 11.8¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Cookeville?
Spectrum, Frontier, Twin Lakes, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Cookeville?
38501 (80%), 38506 (17%), 38505 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Cookeville in?
Putnam County School District.
How do I register to vote in Cookeville?
In Tennessee you can register online until 30 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 Putnam County Election Commission. Check your registration at tnmap.tn.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: Cookeville’s own website (cookeville-tn.gov), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- 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.