Living in Lavinia, TN: what to set up and who to call
Lavinia has no town government of its own, so Carroll County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend West Carroll Special District. Tap water in most of Lavinia comes from the Cedar Grove U.d. water system, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 22% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result of 0.3 ppb.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Lavinia, 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 Lavinia.
Power comes from City of Milan
City of Milan (City of Milan - (TN)), a municipal utility, serves all of Lavinia. Its homes paid an average of 13.0¢ per kWh in 2025, about $163 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 Cedar Grove U.d. water system
The Cedar Grove U.d. water system supplies Lavinia: about 82% of residents live in its service area. About 18% 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 1,556 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 0.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 61% 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. TN0000098.
Which providers serve Lavinia
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Lavinia, the share of addresses that can get 100/20 Mbps and the share with fiber, with the map’s “as of” date.
Source to come: FCC Broadband Data Collection.
We don’t have Lavinia’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Lavinia.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Lavinia is in West Carroll Special District.
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.
No town hall: the county runs things
Lavinia is unincorporated, so Carroll County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Lavinia is in ZIP code 38348
ZIP codes where Lavinia residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Lavinia | ZIP’s residents in Lavinia |
|---|---|---|---|
| 38348 | Lavinia, TN | 100% | 9% |
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 Lavinia
Who supplies Lavinia’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Cedar Grove U.d. water system (EPA ID TN0000098). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.3 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Lavinia?
City of Milan (City of Milan - (TN)), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 13.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Lavinia?
38348. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Lavinia in?
West Carroll Special District.
How do I register to vote in Lavinia?
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 Carroll 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): pending.