Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Gainesville, TX: what to set up and who to call
Oncor delivers the power in Gainesville, but in Texas’s open market you choose the company that sells it. Gainesville has its own train station.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Gainesville, 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 Gainesville.
Power comes from Oncor
Oncor (Oncor Electric Delivery Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Gainesville.
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 City of Gainesville water system
The City of Gainesville water system supplies almost all of Gainesville. It draws surface water (EPA lists Woodbine Special Utility District as seller) and serves 18,107 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 2.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 73% 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. TX0490001.
10 home internet providers serve Gainesville
100% of 6,469 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nortex Communications Company | Fiber | 99% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Optimum | Cable | 87% | 940/35 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fixed wireless | 10% | 25/3 |
| ElektraFi | Fixed wireless | 94% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 74% | 300/20 |
| Nextlink | Fixed wireless | 67% | 500/100 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Gainesville depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Gainesville, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s dayFind your street’s day on gainesville.tx.us →
- Bulky itemsCall to book, Wed
Holidays change the pickup schedule: check the town’s calendar for those weeks.
City of Gainesville Transfer Station
601 North Interstate 35
- Mon8 am–4 pm
- Tue8 am–4 pm
- Wed8 am–4 pm
- Thu8 am–4 pm
- Fri8 am–4 pm
- Sat8 am–11 am
Cost: Free for residents with two free loads per fiscal year (Oct-Sep); additional loads paid
Accepted at the curb
- Cardboard
- Newspapers
- Magazines
- Empty cardboard food boxes
- Office paper
- Phone books
- Cereal boxes
- Cracker boxes
From gainesville.tx.us, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 10/01/2026, 2025-2026, 2026-09-27. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Gainesville (80%) is in Gainesville Independent School District; parts are in Lindsay Independent School District (20%).
C+School 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 Aug 2018; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Gainesville is in ZIP code 76240
ZIP codes where Gainesville residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Gainesville | ZIP’s residents in Gainesville |
|---|---|---|---|
| 76240 | Gainesville, TX | 100% | 61% |
A few homes fall in 76241.
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.
Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Gainesville
Who supplies Gainesville’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The City of Gainesville water system (EPA ID TX0490001). 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 2.3 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Gainesville?
Oncor (Oncor Electric Delivery Co.), an investor-owned utility.
What internet providers serve Gainesville?
Nortex Communications Company, Optimum, AT&T, ElektraFi, Verizon, Nextlink (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Gainesville?
76240. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Gainesville in?
Gainesville Independent School District. Parts of the city are in Lindsay Independent School District.
How do I register to vote in Gainesville?
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 Cooke 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: Gainesville’s own website (gainesville.tx.us), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- 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.