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The Jacksboro handbook

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

Power in Jacksboro comes from City of LaFollette, a municipal utility rather than a private company. Xfinity and AT&T both wire most of Jacksboro; 44% of addresses can get fiber.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Jacksboro, 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 Jacksboro.

Electricity

Power comes from City of LaFollette

City of LaFollette (City of LaFollette), a municipal utility, serves all of Jacksboro. Its homes paid an average of 14.3¢ per kWh in 2025, about $157 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 Caryville-Jacksboro Utilities Commission

Caryville-Jacksboro Utilities Commission supplies almost all of Jacksboro. It draws surface water and serves 11,079 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 percentile1.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

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. The highest in five years was 3.0 ppb. 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. TN0000322.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Jacksboro

100% of 891 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 44% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable99%1,200/35
AT&TDSL, Fiber, Fixed wireless96%5,000/5,000
VerizonFixed wireless84%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless40%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 Jacksboro’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Jacksboro.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

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

Jacksboro is in Campbell County School District.

DSchool 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 Jul 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Jacksboro is in ZIP code 37757

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of JacksboroZIP’s residents in Jacksboro
37757Jacksboro, TN100%24%
Area code423Wikidata

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 Jacksboro

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

Caryville-Jacksboro Utilities Commission (EPA ID TN0000322). 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 Jacksboro?

City of LaFollette (City of LaFollette), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 14.3¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Jacksboro?

Xfinity, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Jacksboro?

37757. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Jacksboro in?

Campbell County School District.

How do I register to vote in Jacksboro?

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 Campbell 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: 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.