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The Pinehurst handbook

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

Pinehurst has no town government of its own, so Montgomery County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Magnolia Independent School District. Tap water in most of Pinehurst comes from the Hazy Hollow East Estates water system, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 22% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result of 0.8 ppb.

Pinehurst has no town government. It’s a census-designated place in Montgomery County, so the county and regional agencies provide most services. This page answers what we can; the same answers appear on Pinehurst’s town page under “Getting set up”.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Pinehurst, 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 Pinehurst.

Electricity

Power comes from Entergy Texas

Entergy Texas (Entergy Texas Inc.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Pinehurst. 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 Hazy Hollow East Estates water system

The Hazy Hollow East Estates water system supplies Pinehurst: about 50% of residents live in its service area. Kipling Oaks 1 serves another 19%. About 29% 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 2,424 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 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 2023, was 0.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 55% 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. TX1700013.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Pinehurst

100% of 2,105 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 98% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable96%2,000/250
AT&TFiber, DSL, Fixed wireless93%5,000/5,000
Ezee FiberFiber72%8,000/8,000
VerizonFixed wireless66%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless36%100/20

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Pinehurst’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Pinehurst.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on filePinehurst has no town government of its own, so look for trash and recycling rules on the county’s site.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Pinehurst kids go to
PK–4Audubon ElMagnolia Independent School District
7–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your address

Most of Pinehurst (90%) is in Magnolia Independent School District; parts are in Tomball Independent School District (10%).

B+School gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

No town hall: the county runs things

Pinehurst is unincorporated, so Montgomery County is the local government.

Local governmentMontgomery CountyPinehurst is a census-designated place: no town hall of its ownCensus
Who runs elections hereMontgomery County Early Voting ClerkElections here are run by Montgomery County (county election office). P.O. Box 2646, Conroe, TX 77305-2646 · (936) 539-7843FVAP, Sep 2024
Register to voteIn personTexas has no online registration; you can register in person until 30 days before Election Day or by mail (postmarked 30 days before).vote.govCheck your registration and polling placeteamrv-mvp.sos.texas.govThe state’s voter lookup

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2024; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Pinehurst spans 3 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of PinehurstZIP’s residents in Pinehurst
77354Magnolia, TX53%7%
77362Pinehurst, TX39%29%
77355Magnolia, TX7%1%

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 Pinehurst

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

The Hazy Hollow East Estates water system (EPA ID TX1700013). 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 0.8 ppb (Jul–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Pinehurst?

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

What internet providers serve Pinehurst?

Xfinity, AT&T, Ezee Fiber, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Pinehurst?

77354 (53%), 77362 (39%), 77355 (7%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Pinehurst in?

Magnolia Independent School District. Parts of the city are in Tomball Independent School District.

How do I register to vote in Pinehurst?

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 Montgomery 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.