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The Piperton handbook

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

Tap water in Piperton comes from Piperton 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 1.0 ppb. Power in Piperton comes from Chickasaw Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Piperton, 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 Piperton.

Electricity

Power comes from Chickasaw Electric Coop

Chickasaw Electric Coop (Chickasaw Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Piperton. Its homes paid an average of 11.8¢ per kWh in 2025, about $169 a month (its average across Tennessee).

Start or move service: chickasaw.coop · (901) 465-3591

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 Piperton Water System

Piperton Water System supplies almost all of Piperton. It buys treated ground water (EPA lists Collierville Water Dept as seller) and serves 3,197 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.

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. That’s lower than 52% 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. TN0000842.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Piperton

100% of 1,270 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Aeneas CommunicationsFiber97%1,000/1,000
XfinityCable95%2,000/250
AT&TFiber, DSL, Fixed wireless58%5,000/5,000
T-MobileFixed wireless27%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless16%300/20

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

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Piperton is Thursday or Friday, depending on your street

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

How trash works hereTown’s haulerWaste Connections picks up at the curb for every homepipertontn.com
Trash dayThu or FriDepends on your addressLook up your day on pipertontn.com →
Pickup

Your pickup week

What goes in the recycling bin

Accepted at the curb

  • Paper
  • Magazines
  • Newspapers
  • Junk mail
  • Broken-down cardboard boxes
  • Metal cans (aluminum / steel; must be rinsed out)
  • Plastics (codes 1-2; must be rinsed)
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsTwice a monthFree curbside bulk pickup on the first and third Thursday of each month; residents must call Public Works to schedule; bulk waste at curb by 7:00 a.m.; call 901-221-7806

From pipertontn.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026. 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.

Piperton kids go to
PK–54 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–12Fayette Ware Comprehensive High Schoolin Somerville

Piperton is in Fayette 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 Sep 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Piperton spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of PipertonZIP’s residents in Piperton
38017Collierville, TN91%4%
38066Rossville, TN9%7%
Area code901Wikidata

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 Piperton

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

Piperton Water System (EPA ID TN0000842). 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 1.0 ppb (Jan 2026–Dec 2028), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Piperton?

Chickasaw Electric Coop (Chickasaw Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 11.8¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Piperton?

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

What ZIP codes are in Piperton?

38017 (91%), 38066 (9%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Piperton in?

Fayette County School District.

How do I register to vote in Piperton?

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 Fayette 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: Piperton’s own website (pipertontn.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.