Living in St. Wendel, IN: what to set up and who to call
St. Wendel spans 2 ZIP codes; 47638 holds the most residents (74%). St. Wendel has an emergency room in town, at Deaconess Hospital.
I’m new in town
What to set up in St. Wendel, 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 St. Wendel.
Power comes from Southern Indiana Gas & Elec
Southern Indiana Gas & Elec (Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of St. Wendel. 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 German Township Water District Inc.
German Township Water District Inc. supplies St. Wendel: 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 buys treated surface water (EPA lists Evansville Water Utility as seller) and serves 12,890 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 1.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 51% 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. IN5282003.
5 home internet providers serve St. Wendel
88% of 60 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 81% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Fiber | 63% | 1,000/1,000 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless, Fiber | 58% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Watch Communications | Fixed wireless | 70% | 400/40 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 12% | 25/3 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 12% | 25/6 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have St. Wendel’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in St. Wendel.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of St. Wendel (71%) is in North Posey County Schools Metropolitan School District; parts are in Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation (29%).
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
St. Wendel is unincorporated, so the county is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jul 2019; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
St. Wendel spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where St. Wendel residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of St. Wendel | ZIP’s residents in St. Wendel |
|---|---|---|---|
| 47638 | Wadesville, IN | 74% | 2% |
| 47720 | Evansville, IN | 26% | 0% |
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 St. Wendel
Who supplies St. Wendel’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
German Township Water District Inc. (EPA ID IN5282003). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.2 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in St. Wendel?
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 St. Wendel?
Spectrum, AT&T, Watch Communications, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in St. Wendel?
47638 (74%), 47720 (26%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is St. Wendel in?
North Posey County Schools Metropolitan School District. Parts of the city are in Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation.
How do I register to vote in St. Wendel?
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 Posey 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.