District No. 48 School · Photo: Elkman · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Franklin Township, MN: what to set up and who to call
Most mail in Franklin Township goes to 55328 (84% of residents), one of 4 ZIP codes in town. Delano Public Library (Great River Regional Library), 2.8 miles away, is the closest library to Franklin Township.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Franklin 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 Franklin Township.
Power comes from Xcel Energy
Xcel Energy (Northern States Power Co. (Minnesota)), an investor-owned utility, serves 68.5% of Franklin Township residents. Its homes paid an average of 17.1¢ per kWh in 2025, about $105 a month (its average across Minnesota).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Delano Municipal Utilities
Delano Municipal Utilities supplies Franklin Township: about 2% of residents live in its service area. About 98% 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 6,564 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 2022–Dec 2024, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.0 ppb. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.
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. MN1860007.
Which providers serve Franklin Township
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Franklin 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 Franklin Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Franklin Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Franklin Township (74%) is in Delano Public School District; parts are in Watertown-Mayer Public School District (16%) and Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Public Schools (9%).
A+School gradeSee 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 Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Franklin Township spans 4 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Franklin Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Franklin Township | ZIP’s residents in Franklin Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55328 | Delano, MN | 84% | 25% |
| 55363 | Montrose, MN | 8% | 4% |
| 55388 | Watertown, MN | 6% | 3% |
| 55313 | Buffalo, MN | 2% | 0% |
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 Franklin Township
Who supplies Franklin Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Delano Municipal Utilities (EPA ID MN1860007). 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 0.0 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Franklin Township?
Xcel Energy (Northern States Power Co. (Minnesota)), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.1¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Franklin Township?
55328 (84%), 55363 (8%), 55388 (6%), 55313 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Franklin Township in?
Delano Public School District. Parts of the city are in Watertown-Mayer Public School District and Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Public Schools.
How do I register to vote in Franklin 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 Wright 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.