Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Lenox, IA: what to set up and who to call
Lenox runs its own electric utility, City of Lenox. The closest ER is CHI Health - Mercy Corning, 12.3 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Lenox, 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 Lenox.
Power comes from City of Lenox
City of Lenox (City of Lenox - (IA)), a municipal utility, serves all of Lenox.
Start or move service: lenoxutilities.com · (641) 333-2550
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Lenox Water Supply
Lenox Water Supply supplies Lenox: about 93% of residents live in its service area. About 7% 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 Sirwa #2 (Creston) as seller) and serves 1,470 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 1.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 56% 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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. IA8748075.
5 home internet providers serve Lenox
100% of 704 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lenox Communications | Fiber | 100% | 100/100 |
| Frontier | DSL | 68% | 10/1 |
| Lockridge Networks | Fixed wireless | 100% | 100/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 73% | 100/20 |
| Nextlink | Fixed wireless | 44% | 1,000/1,000 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Lenox’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Lenox.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Lenox is in Lenox Community School District.
A−School gradeSee 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.
Lenox is in ZIP code 50851
ZIP codes where Lenox residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Lenox | ZIP’s residents in Lenox |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50851 | Lenox, IA | 100% | 68% |
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 Lenox
Who supplies Lenox’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Lenox Water Supply (EPA ID IA8748075). 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 1.2 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Lenox?
City of Lenox (City of Lenox - (IA)), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve Lenox?
Lenox Communications, Frontier, Lockridge Networks, T-Mobile, Nextlink (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Lenox?
50851. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Lenox in?
Lenox Community School District.
How do I register to vote in Lenox?
In Iowa you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before). Elections here are run by the Taylor County Auditor. Check your registration at sos.iowa.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.