Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Edom, TX: what to set up and who to call
Oncor delivers the power in Edom, but in Texas’s open market you choose the company that sells it. Tap water in Edom comes from Edom WSC, 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.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Edom, 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 Edom.
Power comes from Oncor
Oncor (Oncor Electric Delivery Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Edom.
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.
Water comes from Edom WSC
Edom WSC supplies almost all of Edom. It draws ground water and serves 1,512 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 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 53% 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. TX2340009.
6 home internet providers serve Edom
77% of 150 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 77% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Fiber | 75% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Brightspeed | DSL | 13% | 40/3 |
| Texas Cellnet | Fixed wireless | 57% | 30/30 |
| Peoples Communications | Fixed wireless | 13% | 25/3 |
| Nextlink | Fixed wireless | 9% | 400/100 |
| Point Broadband | Fixed wireless | 6% | 40/40 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Edom’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Edom.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Edom is in Van 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.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Edom spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Edom residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Edom | ZIP’s residents in Edom |
|---|---|---|---|
| 75754 | Ben Wheeler, TX | 63% | 3% |
| 75756 | Brownsboro, TX | 37% | 3% |
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 Edom
Who supplies Edom’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Edom WSC (EPA ID TX2340009). 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 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Edom?
Oncor (Oncor Electric Delivery Co.), an investor-owned utility.
What internet providers serve Edom?
Spectrum, Brightspeed, Texas Cellnet, Peoples Communications, Nextlink, Point Broadband (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Edom?
75754 (63%), 75756 (37%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Edom in?
Van Independent School District.
How do I register to vote in Edom?
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 Van Zandt 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.