Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Brewster, MN: what to set up and who to call
Brewster runs its own electric utility, City of Brewster. Sanford Worthington Medical Center, 8.5 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Brewster, 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 Brewster.
Power comes from City of Brewster
City of Brewster (City of Brewster - (MN)), a municipal utility, serves all of Brewster.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Brewster water system
The Brewster water system supplies almost all of Brewster. It buys treated ground water (EPA lists Lincoln-Pipestone Rural Water System as seller) and serves 506 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 2021–Dec 2023, was 3.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 81% 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. MN1530003.
9 home internet providers serve Brewster
100% of 247 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 99% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest MN Broadband Services | Fiber | 98% | 2,000/2,000 |
| CenturyLink | DSL | 86% | 60/5 |
| GigFire | Fixed wireless | 100% | 150/130 |
| Rise Broadband | Fixed wireless | 98% | 25/5 |
| Federated Rural Electric Association | Fixed wireless | 45% | 40/3 |
| Lismore Cooperative Telephone Company | Fixed wireless | 37% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Brewster’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Brewster.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Brewster is in Round Lake-Brewster Public Schools.
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 2017; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Brewster is in ZIP code 56119
ZIP codes where Brewster residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Brewster | ZIP’s residents in Brewster |
|---|---|---|---|
| 56119 | Brewster, MN | 100% | 51% |
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 Brewster
Who supplies Brewster’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Brewster water system (EPA ID MN1530003). 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 3.0 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Brewster?
City of Brewster (City of Brewster - (MN)), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve Brewster?
Southwest MN Broadband Services, CenturyLink, GigFire, Rise Broadband, Federated Rural Electric Association, Lismore Cooperative Telephone Company (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Brewster?
56119. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Brewster in?
Round Lake-Brewster Public Schools.
How do I register to vote in Brewster?
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 Nobles County Auditor-Treasurer. 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.