Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Chrisney, IN: what to set up and who to call
Tap water in most of Chrisney comes from Chrisney Water Department, 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 0.8 ppb. Ascension St. Vincent Warrick, 12.8 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Chrisney, 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 Chrisney.
Power comes from Southern Indiana Gas & Elec
Southern Indiana Gas & Elec (Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Chrisney. Its homes paid an average of 19.8¢ per kWh in 2025, about $177 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 Chrisney Water Department
Chrisney Water Department supplies Chrisney: about 74% of residents live in its service area. About 26% 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 Santa Claus Water Utility as seller) and serves 823 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 Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 0.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 54% 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. IN5274001.
5 home internet providers serve Chrisney
98% of 260 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 98% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perry-Spencer Rural Telephone Cooperative | Fiber | 93% | 1,000/100 |
| Watch Communications | Fiber | 65% | 1,000/500 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fixed wireless | 29% | 25/3 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 85% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 13% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Chrisney’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Chrisney.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Chrisney is in North Spencer 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.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Chrisney is in ZIP code 47611
ZIP codes where Chrisney residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Chrisney | ZIP’s residents in Chrisney |
|---|---|---|---|
| 47611 | Chrisney, IN | 100% | 40% |
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 Chrisney
Who supplies Chrisney’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Chrisney Water Department (EPA ID IN5274001). 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 0.8 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Chrisney?
Southern Indiana Gas & Elec (Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 19.8¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Chrisney?
Perry-Spencer Rural Telephone Cooperative, Watch Communications, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Chrisney?
47611. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Chrisney in?
North Spencer County School Corporation.
How do I register to vote in Chrisney?
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 Spencer County Voter Registration Office. 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.