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The Kurten handbook

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

Every home in Kurten is in ZIP code 77808. Most homes in Kurten have two wired internet choices, Brazos WiFi and Frontier.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Kurten, 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 Kurten.

Electricity

Power comes from Entergy Texas

Entergy Texas (Entergy Texas Inc.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Kurten. 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Wickson Creek SUD

Wickson Creek SUD supplies almost all of Kurten. It draws ground water (EPA lists City of Bryan and Wellborn SUD as sellers) and serves 15,000 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 percentile0.8 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jul–Dec 2024, was 0.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.2 ppb. That’s lower than 61% 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. TX0210005.

Internet

8 home internet providers serve Kurten

92% of 205 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 74% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Brazos WiFiFiber, Fixed wireless83%1,000/300
FrontierFiber61%7,000/7,000
NextlinkFixed wireless91%500/100
Rise BroadbandFixed wireless63%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless18%25/6
Arrive InternetFixed wireless12%30/10

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Kurten’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Kurten.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Kurten kids go to
PK–414 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
7–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–123 high schoolsDepends on your address

Kurten is in Bryan 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 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Kurten is in ZIP code 77808

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of KurtenZIP’s residents in Kurten
77808Bryan, TX100%3%

77862 is P.O. box or single-organization ZIP with no homes.

Area code979Wikidata

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 Kurten

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

Wickson Creek SUD (EPA ID TX0210005). 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 0.8 ppb (Jul–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Kurten?

Entergy Texas (Entergy Texas Inc.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 13.9¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Kurten?

Brazos WiFi, Frontier, Nextlink, Rise Broadband, Verizon, Arrive Internet (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Kurten?

77808. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Kurten in?

Bryan Independent School District.

How do I register to vote in Kurten?

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 Brazos 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.