Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Living in Tennyson, IN: what to set up and who to call
Every home in Tennyson is in ZIP code 47637. Ascension St. Vincent Warrick, 8.3 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Tennyson, 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 Tennyson.
Power comes from Southern Indiana Gas & Elec
Southern Indiana Gas & Elec (Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Tennyson. 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 Tennyson Water Utility
Tennyson Water Utility supplies Tennyson: about 0% of residents live in its service area. About 100% 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 Patoka Lake Regional Water and City of Boonville as sellers) and serves 4,158 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2025, was 0.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.7 ppb. That’s lower than 64% 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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. IN5287007.
Which providers serve Tennyson
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Tennyson, the share of addresses that can get 100/20 Mbps and the share with fiber, with the map’s “as of” date.
Source to come: FCC Broadband Data Collection.
We don’t have Tennyson’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Tennyson.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Tennyson is in Warrick 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 Aug 2015; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Tennyson is in ZIP code 47637
ZIP codes where Tennyson residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Tennyson | ZIP’s residents in Tennyson |
|---|---|---|---|
| 47637 | Tennyson, IN | 100% | 15% |
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 Tennyson
Who supplies Tennyson’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Tennyson Water Utility (EPA ID IN5287007). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.3 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Tennyson?
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 ZIP codes are in Tennyson?
47637. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Tennyson in?
Warrick County School Corporation.
How do I register to vote in Tennyson?
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 Warrick 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): pending.