Photo: Djmaschek · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Fairchilds, TX: what to set up and who to call
CenterPoint Energy delivers the power in Fairchilds, but in Texas’s open market you choose the company that sells it. The closest ER is Oakbend Medical Center, 9.8 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Fairchilds, 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 Fairchilds.
Power comes from CenterPoint Energy
CenterPoint Energy (CenterPoint Energy), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Fairchilds.
Start or move service: centerpointenergy.com · (800) 259-5544
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Vacek Country Meadows water system
The Vacek Country Meadows water system supplies Fairchilds: about 0% of residents live in its service area. About 100% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 882 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jul–Dec 2024, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.
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. TX0790580.
Which providers serve Fairchilds
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Fairchilds, 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 Fairchilds’ trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Fairchilds.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Fairchilds (97%) is in Needville Independent School District; parts are in Lamar Consolidated Independent School District (3%).
ASchool gradeSee 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 Oct 2024; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Fairchilds spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Fairchilds residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Fairchilds | ZIP’s residents in Fairchilds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 77469 | Richmond, TX | 74% | 1% |
| 77461 | Needville, TX | 26% | 2% |
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 Fairchilds
Who supplies Fairchilds’ drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Vacek Country Meadows water system (EPA ID TX0790580). 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 0.0 ppb (Jul–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Fairchilds?
CenterPoint Energy (CenterPoint Energy), an investor-owned utility.
What ZIP codes are in Fairchilds?
77469 (74%), 77461 (26%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Fairchilds in?
Needville Independent School District. Parts of the city are in Lamar Consolidated Independent School District.
How do I register to vote in Fairchilds?
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 Fort Bend 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.