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The New Carlisle handbook

Living in New Carlisle, IN: what to set up and who to call

New Carlisle runs its own electric utility, Town of New Carlisle. For home internet, most of New Carlisle can choose between Xfinity and Surf Internet.

I’m new in town

What to set up in New Carlisle, 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 New Carlisle.

Electricity

Power comes from Town of New Carlisle

Town of New Carlisle (Town of New Carlisle- (IN)), a municipal utility, serves 92.0% of New Carlisle residents.

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 New Carlisle Water Works

New Carlisle Water Works supplies New Carlisle: about 95% of residents live in its service area. About 5% 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 1,861 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 percentile1.6 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2025–Dec 2027, was 1.6 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 63% 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. IN5271011.

Internet

8 home internet providers serve New Carlisle

100% of 785 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 88% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable98%1,200/35
Surf InternetFiber83%1,000/1,000
BrightspeedDSL57%40/3
AT&TFixed wireless, DSL19%25/3
VerizonFixed wireless87%25/6
Mercury FiberFixed wireless68%150/20

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have New Carlisle’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in New Carlisle.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in New Carlisle 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.

New Carlisle kids go to
K–53 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–8New Prairie Middle SchoolNew Prairie United School Corporation
9–12New Prairie High SchoolNew Prairie United School Corporation

New Carlisle is in New Prairie United School Corporation.

ASchool 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 Sep 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

New Carlisle is in ZIP code 46552

ZIP codes where New Carlisle residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of New CarlisleZIP’s residents in New Carlisle
46552New Carlisle, IN100%29%
Area code574Wikidata

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 New Carlisle

Who supplies New Carlisle’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

New Carlisle Water Works (EPA ID IN5271011). 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 1.6 ppb (Jan 2025–Dec 2027), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in New Carlisle?

Town of New Carlisle (Town of New Carlisle- (IN)), a municipal utility.

What internet providers serve New Carlisle?

Xfinity, Surf Internet, Brightspeed, AT&T, Verizon, Mercury Fiber (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in New Carlisle?

46552. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is New Carlisle in?

New Prairie United School Corporation.

How do I register to vote in New Carlisle?

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 St. Joseph Election and 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.