Living in Ball Club, MN: what to set up and who to call
Ball Club has no town government of its own, so Itasca County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Deer River Public School District. Power in Ball Club comes from Lake Country Power, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Ball Club, 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 Ball Club.
Power comes from Lake Country Power
Lake Country Power (Lake Country Power), a cooperative utility, serves all of Ball Club. Its homes paid an average of 18.3¢ per kWh in 2025, about $160 a month (its average across Minnesota).
Start or move service: lakecountrypower.coop · (800) 421-9959
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Ball Club water system
The Ball Club water system supplies Ball Club: 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 draws ground water and serves 333 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 0.7 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.4 ppb. That’s lower 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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. 055294201.
3 home internet providers serve Ball Club
100% of 100 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 99% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Bunyan Communications | Fiber | 99% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 42% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 31% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Ball Club’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Ball Club.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Ball Club is in Deer River Public School District.
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
Ball Club is unincorporated, so Itasca County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ball Club is in ZIP code 56636
ZIP codes where Ball Club residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Ball Club | ZIP’s residents in Ball Club |
|---|---|---|---|
| 56636 | Deer River, MN | 100% | 7% |
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 Ball Club
Who supplies Ball Club’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Ball Club water system (EPA ID 055294201). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.7 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Ball Club?
Lake Country Power (Lake Country Power), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 18.3¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Ball Club?
Paul Bunyan Communications, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Ball Club?
56636. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Ball Club in?
Deer River Public School District.
How do I register to vote in Ball Club?
In Minnesota you can register online until 21 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (received 21 days before). Elections here are run by the Itasca County Courthouse. Check your registration at mnvotes.sos.state.mn.us.
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.