Photo: Pete unseth · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Tivoli, TX: what to set up and who to call
Tivoli has no town government of its own, so Refugio County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Austwell-Tivoli Independent School District. Tap water in Tivoli comes from the Refugio County Wcid 1 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 0.3 ppb.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Tivoli, 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 Tivoli.
Power comes from Victoria Electric Coop
Victoria Electric Coop (Victoria Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Tivoli. Its homes paid an average of 12.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $160 a month (its average across Texas).
Start or move service: victoriaelectric.coop · (361) 573-2428
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Refugio County Wcid 1 water system
The Refugio County Wcid 1 water system supplies Tivoli: 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 draws ground water and serves 665 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jul–Dec 2025, was 0.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.6 ppb. That’s lower than 59% 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. TX1960004.
Which providers serve Tivoli
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Tivoli, 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 Tivoli’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Tivoli.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Tivoli is in Austwell-Tivoli 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.
No town hall: the county runs things
Tivoli is unincorporated, so Refugio County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2024; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Tivoli is in ZIP code 77990
ZIP codes where Tivoli residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Tivoli | ZIP’s residents in Tivoli |
|---|---|---|---|
| 77990 | Tivoli, TX | 100% | 63% |
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 Tivoli
Who supplies Tivoli’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Refugio County Wcid 1 water system (EPA ID TX1960004). 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 0.3 ppb (Jul–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Tivoli?
Victoria Electric Coop (Victoria Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 12.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Tivoli?
77990. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Tivoli in?
Austwell-Tivoli Independent School District.
How do I register to vote in Tivoli?
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 Refugio 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.