Living in Payne Springs, TX: what to set up and who to call
Oncor delivers the power in Payne Springs, but in Texas’s open market you choose the company that sells it. Tap water in most of Payne Springs comes from East Cedar Creek Fwsd B A Mckay, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 20% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result of 0.8 ppb.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Payne Springs, 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 Payne Springs.
Power comes from Oncor
Oncor (Oncor Electric Delivery Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Payne Springs.
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 East Cedar Creek Fwsd B A Mckay
East Cedar Creek Fwsd B A Mckay supplies Payne Springs: about 71% of residents live in its service area. Payne Springs WSC serves another 27%. It draws surface water and serves 6,753 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 0.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 58% 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. TX1070019.
Which providers serve Payne Springs
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Payne Springs, 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 Payne Springs’ trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Payne Springs.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Payne Springs (55%) is in Eustace Independent School District; parts are in Mabank Independent School District (45%).
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 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Payne Springs spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Payne Springs residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Payne Springs | ZIP’s residents in Payne Springs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 75156 | Mabank, TX | 82% | 4% |
| 75124 | Eustace, TX | 18% | 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 Payne Springs
Who supplies Payne Springs’ drinking water, and has it had violations?
East Cedar Creek Fwsd B A Mckay (EPA ID TX1070019). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.8 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Payne Springs?
Oncor (Oncor Electric Delivery Co.), an investor-owned utility.
What ZIP codes are in Payne Springs?
75156 (82%), 75124 (18%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Payne Springs in?
Eustace Independent School District. Parts of the city are in Mabank Independent School District.
How do I register to vote in Payne Springs?
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 Henderson 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.