Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Bigfoot, TX: what to set up and who to call
Bigfoot has no town government of its own, so Frio County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Devine Independent School District. Power in Bigfoot comes from Medina Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Bigfoot, 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 Bigfoot.
Power comes from Medina Electric Coop
Medina Electric Coop (Medina Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Bigfoot. Its homes paid an average of 12.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $144 a month (its average across Texas).
Start or move service: medinaec.org · (866) 632-3532
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Benton City WSC
Benton City WSC supplies almost all of Bigfoot. It draws ground water and serves 32,000 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 0.7 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 63% 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. TX1630034.
Which providers serve Bigfoot
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Bigfoot, 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 Bigfoot’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Bigfoot.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Bigfoot is in Devine Independent School District.
C+School gradeSee 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
Bigfoot is unincorporated, so Frio County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Bigfoot spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Bigfoot residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Bigfoot | ZIP’s residents in Bigfoot |
|---|---|---|---|
| 78005 | Bigfoot, TX | 96% | 56% |
| 78057 | Moore, TX | 2% | 1% |
| 78016 | Devine, TX | 2% | 0% |
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 Bigfoot
Who supplies Bigfoot’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Benton City WSC (EPA ID TX1630034). 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 0.7 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Bigfoot?
Medina Electric Coop (Medina Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 12.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Bigfoot?
78005 (96%), 78057 (2%), 78016 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Bigfoot in?
Devine Independent School District.
How do I register to vote in Bigfoot?
Texas has no online registration; you can register in person until 30 days before Election Day or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Frio County Early Voting Clerk. Check your registration at teamrv-mvp.sos.texas.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.