Living in Bretzville, IN: what to set up and who to call
Power in Bretzville comes from Dubois Rural Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. For emergencies, Bretzville is closest to Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center, 7.9 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Bretzville, 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 Bretzville.
Power comes from Dubois Rural Electric Coop
Dubois Rural Electric Coop (Dubois Rural Electric Coop Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Bretzville. Its homes paid an average of 13.9¢ per kWh in 2025, about $150 a month (its average across Indiana).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from St. Anthony Water Utility
St. Anthony Water Utility supplies Bretzville: about 19% of residents live in its service area. About 81% 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 Dubois Water Utilities and Patoka Lake Regional Water as sellers) and serves 1,813 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 1.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 58% 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. IN5219010.
4 home internet providers serve Bretzville
100% of 79 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange County REMC | Fiber, Fixed wireless | 100% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Perry-Spencer Rural Telephone Cooperative | Fiber | 80% | 1,000/100 |
| Frontier | DSL | 3% | 90/5 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 49% | 25/6 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Bretzville’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Bretzville.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Bretzville is in Southeast Dubois County School Corporation.
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
Bretzville is unincorporated, so the county is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jun 2020; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Bretzville is in ZIP code 47542
ZIP codes where Bretzville residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Bretzville | ZIP’s residents in Bretzville |
|---|---|---|---|
| 47542 | Huntingburg, IN | 100% | 2% |
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 Bretzville
Who supplies Bretzville’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
St. Anthony Water Utility (EPA ID IN5219010). 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 1.3 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Bretzville?
Dubois Rural Electric Coop (Dubois Rural Electric Coop Inc), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 13.9¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Bretzville?
Orange County REMC, Perry-Spencer Rural Telephone Cooperative, Frontier, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Bretzville?
47542. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Bretzville in?
Southeast Dubois County School Corporation.
How do I register to vote in Bretzville?
In Indiana you can register online until 29 days before Election Day, in person until 29 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 29 days before). Elections here are run by the Dubois County Circuit Court Clerk. Check your registration at indianavoters.in.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.