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The Strawberry Point handbook

Living in Strawberry Point, IA: what to set up and who to call

Strawberry Point runs its own electric utility, City of Strawberry Point. For a library card, the closest branch is Strawberry Point Public Library, 0.1 miles out.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Strawberry Point, 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 Strawberry Point.

Electricity

Power comes from City of Strawberry Point

City of Strawberry Point (City of Strawberry Point -(IA)), a municipal utility, serves all of Strawberry Point.

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 Strawberry Point Water Supply

Strawberry Point Water Supply supplies Strawberry Point: about 88% of residents live in its service area. About 12% 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 1,155 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 percentile2.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 7.0 ppb. That’s higher than 69% 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. IA2279003.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Strawberry Point

100% of 614 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 90% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
KineticFiber, DSL99%2,000/2,000
Mediacom XtreamCable98%1,000/50
GigFireFixed wireless95%150/130
VerizonFixed wireless93%300/20
Comelec Internet ServicesFixed wireless69%50/15
NextlinkFixed wireless5%500/100

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Strawberry Point’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Strawberry Point.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Strawberry Point kids go to
PK–5Starmont Elementary Schoolin Arlington
6–8Starmont Middle Schoolin Arlington
9–12Starmont High Schoolin Arlington

Strawberry Point is in Starmont Community School District.

CSchool gradeSee 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 Jun 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Strawberry Point is in ZIP code 52076

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Strawberry PointZIP’s residents in Strawberry Point
52076Strawberry Point, IA100%54%
Area code563Wikidata

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 Strawberry Point

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

Strawberry Point Water Supply (EPA ID IA2279003). 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 2.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Strawberry Point?

City of Strawberry Point (City of Strawberry Point -(IA)), a municipal utility.

What internet providers serve Strawberry Point?

Kinetic, Mediacom Xtream, GigFire, Verizon, Comelec Internet Services, Nextlink (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Strawberry Point?

52076. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Strawberry Point in?

Starmont Community School District.

How do I register to vote in Strawberry Point?

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 Clayton 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.