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The Stanton handbook

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

Tap water in Stanton comes from Stanton 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 0.7 ppb. Power in Stanton comes from Southwest Tennessee E M C, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Stanton, 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 Stanton.

Electricity

Power comes from Southwest Tennessee E M C

Southwest Tennessee E M C (Southwest Tennessee E M C), a cooperative utility, serves all of Stanton. Its homes paid an average of 13.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $181 a month (its average across Tennessee).

Start or move service: stemc.com · (731) 772-1322

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 Stanton Water System

Stanton Water System supplies almost all of Stanton. It draws ground water and serves 631 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile0.7 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2026–Dec 2028, was 0.7 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.0 ppb. That’s lower than 55% 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. TN0000672.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Stanton

100% of 182 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Aeneas CommunicationsFiber100%1,000/1,000
Ritter CommunicationsDSL98%25/3
XfinityCable96%1,200/35
T-MobileFixed wireless73%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless21%25/6
AT&TFixed wireless2%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 Stanton’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Stanton.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Stanton kids go to
PK–KAnderson Early Childhoodin Brownsville
3–4East Side Elementaryin Brownsville
7–8Haywood Middle Schoolin Brownsville
9–12Haywood High Schoolin Brownsville

Stanton is in Haywood County School 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.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Dec 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Stanton is in ZIP code 38069

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of StantonZIP’s residents in Stanton
38069Stanton, TN100%17%
Area code731Wikidata

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 Stanton

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

Stanton Water System (EPA ID TN0000672). 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 0.7 ppb (Jan 2026–Dec 2028), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Stanton?

Southwest Tennessee E M C (Southwest Tennessee E M C), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 13.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Stanton?

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

What ZIP codes are in Stanton?

38069. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Stanton in?

Haywood County School District.

How do I register to vote in Stanton?

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 Haywood 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.