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The Fayetteville handbook

Living in Fayetteville, TN: what to set up and who to call

Fayetteville runs its own electric utility, City of Fayetteville; its homes paid 12.5¢ per kWh in 2025. For home internet, most of Fayetteville can choose between Spectrum and Fayetteville Public Utilities.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Fayetteville, 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 Fayetteville.

Electricity

Power comes from City of Fayetteville

City of Fayetteville (City of Fayetteville), a municipal utility, serves all of Fayetteville. Its homes paid an average of 12.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $162 a month (its average across Tennessee).

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 Fayetteville Public Utilities

Fayetteville Public Utilities supplies almost all of Fayetteville. It draws surface water and serves 13,908 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.

Lead, 90th percentile1.1 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 1.1 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 51% 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. TN0000242.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Fayetteville

94% of 3,043 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 1% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber94%1,000/35
Fayetteville Public UtilitiesCable, Fiber90%125/12
AT&TDSL, Fixed wireless62%25/3
VerizonFixed wireless90%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless61%100/20

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

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Fayetteville depends on your street

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Fayetteville, from the town’s own site.

Pickup

Your pickup week

Drop-off

Recycle Center

705 South Main Avenue, Fayetteville, TN

We couldn’t find its opening hours.

What goes in the recycling bin

Accepted at the curb

  • Plastic shopping bags
  • Shredded paper
  • Cardboard
  • Aluminum cans
  • Latex paint cans
Recycling drop-off

Recycle Center

705 South Main Avenue, Fayetteville, TN

From fayettevilletn.com, cms9files.revize.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026-10-14. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Fayetteville kids go to
PK–5Ralph Askins SchoolFayetteville City School District
6–8Fayetteville Middle SchoolFayetteville City School District
9–12Fayetteville High SchoolFayetteville City School District

Fayetteville is in Fayetteville City 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.

Government & voting

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.

ZIP codes & area codes

Fayetteville is in ZIP code 37334

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of FayettevilleZIP’s residents in Fayetteville
37334Fayetteville, TN100%30%
Area code931Wikidata

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 Fayetteville

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

Fayetteville Public Utilities (EPA ID TN0000242). 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 1.1 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Fayetteville?

City of Fayetteville (City of Fayetteville), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 12.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Fayetteville?

Spectrum, Fayetteville Public Utilities, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Fayetteville?

37334. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Fayetteville in?

Fayetteville City School District.

How do I register to vote in Fayetteville?

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 Lincoln 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: Fayetteville’s own website (fayettevilletn.com, cms9files.revize.com), 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.