Living in Cape Royale, TX: what to set up and who to call
Cape Royale has no town government of its own, so San Jacinto County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Coldspring-Oakhurst Consolidated Independent School District. The ER is a drive from Cape Royale: the closest is CHI St. Lukes Health Memorial Livingston, 19.1 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Cape Royale, 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 Cape Royale.
Power comes from Entergy Texas
Entergy Texas (Entergy Texas Inc.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Cape Royale. Its homes paid an average of 13.9¢ per kWh in 2025, about $172 a month (its average across Texas).
Start or move service: entergy-texas.com · (800) 368-3749
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Cape Royale Utility District
Cape Royale Utility District supplies almost all of Cape Royale. It draws ground water and serves 2,154 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 2024–Dec 2026, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 69% 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. TX2040005.
4 home internet providers serve Cape Royale
100% of 819 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastex Telephone Cooperative | Fiber | 100% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Optimum | Cable | 2% | 500/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 13% | 25/3 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 3% | 25/6 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Cape Royale’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Cape Royale.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Cape Royale is in Coldspring-Oakhurst Consolidated Independent 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.
No town hall: the county runs things
Cape Royale is unincorporated, so San Jacinto 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.
Cape Royale is in ZIP code 77331
ZIP codes where Cape Royale residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Cape Royale | ZIP’s residents in Cape Royale |
|---|---|---|---|
| 77331 | Coldspring, TX | 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 Cape Royale
Who supplies Cape Royale’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Cape Royale Utility District (EPA ID TX2040005). 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 2.0 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Cape Royale?
Entergy Texas (Entergy Texas Inc.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 13.9¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Cape Royale?
Eastex Telephone Cooperative, Optimum, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Cape Royale?
77331. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Cape Royale in?
Coldspring-Oakhurst Consolidated Independent School District.
How do I register to vote in Cape Royale?
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 San Jacinto 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.