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The Grays Prairie handbook

Living in Grays Prairie, TX: what to set up and who to call

Oncor delivers the power in Grays Prairie, but in Texas’s open market you choose the company that sells it. Wired internet is thin in Grays Prairie: the FCC’s map has 51% of addresses able to get it.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Grays Prairie, 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 Grays Prairie.

Electricity

Power comes from Oncor

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

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 Gastonia Scurry SUD

Gastonia Scurry SUD supplies Grays Prairie: about 94% of residents live in its service area. About 6% 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 North Texas Mwd Wylie WTP as seller) and serves 11,169 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.

Lead, 90th percentile2.6 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 2.6 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. TX1290015.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Grays Prairie

43% of 140 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Texas WindstreamDSL55%200/20
Wi-Five BroadbandFixed wireless91%100/100
Rise BroadbandFixed wireless66%25/5
NextlinkFixed wireless26%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 Grays Prairie’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Grays Prairie.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Grays Prairie or within 5 miles (as of Oct 9, 2026); map coverage varies by town.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Grays Prairie kids go to
PK–3Scurry-Rosser Elin Scurry
4–8Scurry-Rosser Middlein Scurry
9–12Scurry-Rosser H Sin Scurry

Grays Prairie is in Scurry-Rosser 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.

Government & voting

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.

ZIP codes & area codes

Grays Prairie is in ZIP code 75158

ZIP codes where Grays Prairie residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of Grays PrairieZIP’s residents in Grays Prairie
75158Scurry, TX100%6%

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 Grays Prairie

Who supplies Grays Prairie’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Gastonia Scurry SUD (EPA ID TX1290015). 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 2.6 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Grays Prairie?

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

What internet providers serve Grays Prairie?

Texas Windstream, Wi-Five Broadband, Rise Broadband, Nextlink (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Grays Prairie?

75158. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Grays Prairie in?

Scurry-Rosser Independent School District.

How do I register to vote in Grays Prairie?

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 Kaufman 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.