Living in Clifton Township, MN: what to set up and who to call
Power in Clifton Township comes from Lyon Electric Cooperative, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. Avera Marshall Regional Medical Center, 7.1 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Clifton Township, 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 Clifton Township.
Power comes from Lyon Electric Cooperative
Lyon Electric Cooperative (Lyon Electric Cooperative, Inc.), a cooperative utility, serves 61.2% of Clifton Township residents.
Start or move service: llec.coop · (507) 247-5505
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Lincoln-Pipestone Rural Water System
Lincoln-Pipestone Rural Water System supplies Clifton Township: about 34% of residents live in its service area. About 66% 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 Osceola Rural Water System-North and Dawson and Adrian and Canby and Brookings-Deuel Rural Water System as sellers) and serves 13,644 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 2023–Dec 2025, was 3.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 79% 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. MN1410007.
Which providers serve Clifton Township
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Clifton Township, 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 Clifton Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Clifton Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Clifton Township (81%) is in Marshall Public School District; parts are in Milroy Public School District (16%) and Tracy Area Public School District (4%).
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.
Clifton Township spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Clifton Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Clifton Township | ZIP’s residents in Clifton Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 56258 | Marshall, MN | 84% | 1% |
| 56263 | Milroy, MN | 16% | 8% |
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 Clifton Township
Who supplies Clifton Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Lincoln-Pipestone Rural Water System (EPA ID MN1410007). 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 3.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Clifton Township?
Lyon Electric Cooperative (Lyon Electric Cooperative, Inc.), a cooperative utility.
What ZIP codes are in Clifton Township?
56258 (84%), 56263 (16%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Clifton Township in?
Marshall Public School District. Parts of the city are in Milroy Public School District and Tracy Area Public School District.
How do I register to vote in Clifton Township?
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 Lyon County Government Center. 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): pending.