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The Long Grove handbook

Living in Long Grove, IA: what to set up and who to call

Long Grove runs its own electric utility, City of Long Grove. Almost every address in Long Grove can get fiber (100%, by the FCC’s map).

I’m new in town

What to set up in Long Grove, 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 Long Grove.

Electricity

Power comes from City of Long Grove

City of Long Grove (City of Long Grove - (IA)), a municipal utility, serves all of Long Grove.

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 Long Grove Muni Water Supply

Long Grove Muni Water Supply supplies almost all of Long Grove. It draws ground water and serves 838 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.

Lead, 90th percentile1.5 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 1.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 62% 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. IA8251096.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Long Grove

100% of 327 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Central Scott Telephone CompanyFiber, DSL, Fixed wireless100%8,000/8,000
Mediacom XtreamCable100%1,000/50
VerizonFixed wireless98%300/20
AT&TFixed wireless30%25/3

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Long Grove’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Long Grove.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Long Grove or within 5 miles (as of Oct 9, 2026); map coverage varies by town.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Long Grove kids go to
PK–6Alan Shepard Elementary SchoolNorth Scott Community School District
7–8North Scott Junior High Schoolin Eldridge
9–12North Scott High Schoolin Eldridge

Long Grove is in North Scott Community 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 Nov 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Long Grove is in ZIP code 52756

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Long GroveZIP’s residents in Long Grove
52756Long Grove, IA100%38%

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 Long Grove

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

Long Grove Muni Water Supply (EPA ID IA8251096). 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 1.5 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Long Grove?

City of Long Grove (City of Long Grove - (IA)), a municipal utility.

What internet providers serve Long Grove?

Central Scott Telephone Company, Mediacom Xtream, Verizon, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Long Grove?

52756. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Long Grove in?

North Scott Community School District.

How do I register to vote in Long Grove?

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 Scott 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.