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The Featherstone Township handbook

Living in Featherstone Township, MN: what to set up and who to call

Power in Featherstone Township comes from Goodhue County Coop Elec Assn, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. The nearest library is Red Wing Public Library, 4.2 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Featherstone Township, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Featherstone Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Goodhue County Coop Elec Assn

Goodhue County Coop Elec Assn (Goodhue County Coop Elec Assn), a cooperative utility, serves 76.1% of Featherstone Township residents.

Start or move service: gccea.com · (800) 927-6864

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Red Wing water system

The Red Wing water system supplies Featherstone Township: 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 16,459 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.

Lead, 90th percentile2.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 65% 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. MN1250013.

Internet

Which providers serve Featherstone Township

Data pending · D4

This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Featherstone 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.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Featherstone Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Featherstone Township.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Featherstone Township or within 5 miles (as of Oct 9, 2026); map coverage varies by town.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Featherstone Township kids go to
PK–62 schoolsDepends on your address
7–122 schoolsDepends on your address

Most of Featherstone Township (71%) is in Red Wing Public School District; parts are in Goodhue Public School District (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.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Featherstone Township spans 2 ZIP codes

ZIP codes where Featherstone Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of Featherstone TownshipZIP’s residents in Featherstone Township
55066Red Wing, MN97%4%
55027Goodhue, MN3%1%

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

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 Featherstone Township

Who supplies Featherstone Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

The Red Wing water system (EPA ID MN1250013). 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 2.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Featherstone Township?

Goodhue County Coop Elec Assn (Goodhue County Coop Elec Assn), a cooperative utility.

What ZIP codes are in Featherstone Township?

55066 (97%), 55027 (3%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Featherstone Township in?

Red Wing Public School District. Parts of the city are in Goodhue Public School District.

How do I register to vote in Featherstone 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 Goodhue 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.