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The Canyon Creek handbook

Living in Canyon Creek, TX: what to set up and who to call

Canyon Creek has no town government of its own, so Hood County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Granbury Independent School District. Oncor delivers the power in Canyon Creek, but in Texas’s open market you choose the company that sells it.

Canyon Creek has no town government. It’s a census-designated place in Hood County, so the county and regional agencies provide most services. This page answers what we can; the same answers appear on Canyon Creek’s town page under “Getting set up”.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Canyon Creek, 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 Canyon Creek.

Electricity

Power comes from Oncor

Oncor (Oncor Electric Delivery Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Canyon Creek.

Start or move service: oncor.com · (888) 875-6279

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 Canyon Creek Addition water system

The Canyon Creek Addition water system supplies Canyon Creek: about 78% of residents live in its service area. Hunterwood Subdivision Water System serves another 23%. About 7% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Acton MUD and Hunterwood Subdivision Water System as sellers) and serves 2,895 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 percentile2.4 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Jun 2026, was 2.4 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 76% 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. TX1110070.

Internet

8 home internet providers serve Canyon Creek

100% of 1,228 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 97% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
United Electric Cooperative ServicesFiber98%1,000/1,000
AT&TFixed wireless, Fiber, DSL75%1,000/1,000
SpectrumFiber, Cable50%1,000/1,000
Element8Fixed wireless67%500/100
Rise BroadbandFixed wireless64%50/10
NextlinkFixed wireless54%500/100

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Canyon Creek’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Canyon Creek.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileCanyon Creek has no town government of its own, so look for trash and recycling rules on the county’s site.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Canyon Creek kids go to
PK–55 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–12Granbury H Sin Granbury

Canyon Creek is in Granbury Independent School District.

B+School gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

No town hall: the county runs things

Canyon Creek is unincorporated, so Hood County is the local government.

Local governmentHood CountyCanyon Creek is a census-designated place: no town hall of its ownCensus
Who runs elections hereHood County Early Voting ClerkElections here are run by Hood County (county election office). 1410 W. Pearl St., Granbury, TX 76048 · (817) 408-2525FVAP, Aug 2026
Register to voteIn personTexas has no online registration; you can register in person until 30 days before Election Day or by mail (postmarked 30 days before).vote.govCheck your registration and polling placeteamrv-mvp.sos.texas.govThe state’s voter lookup

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Aug 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Canyon Creek is in ZIP code 76048

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Canyon CreekZIP’s residents in Canyon Creek
76048Granbury, TX100%5%

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 Canyon Creek

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

The Canyon Creek Addition water system (EPA ID TX1110070). 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 2.4 ppb (Jan–Jun 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Canyon Creek?

Oncor (Oncor Electric Delivery Co.), an investor-owned utility.

What internet providers serve Canyon Creek?

United Electric Cooperative Services, AT&T, Spectrum, Element8, Rise Broadband, Nextlink (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Canyon Creek?

76048. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Canyon Creek in?

Granbury Independent School District.

How do I register to vote in Canyon Creek?

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 Hood 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 National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.