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The Gentilly Township handbook

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

Power in Gentilly Township comes from Red Lake Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. Riverview Hospital, 9.8 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Gentilly 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 Gentilly Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Red Lake Electric Coop

Red Lake Electric Coop (Red Lake Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves 78.8% of Gentilly Township residents.

Start or move service: redlakeelectric.com · (218) 253-2168

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 Marshall-Polk Rural Water System

Marshall-Polk Rural Water System supplies Gentilly Township: about 4% of residents live in its service area. About 96% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water (EPA lists East Central Regional Wd-Gf as seller) and serves 3,295 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 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 69% 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. MN1450005.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Gentilly Township

100% of 150 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Halstad TelephoneFiber96%1,000/1,000
CenturyLinkDSL62%60/5
Garden Valley TechnologiesFiber4%6,000/6,000
VerizonFixed wireless12%25/6
T-MobileFixed wireless3%25/3

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

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

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Gentilly Township.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Gentilly 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.

Gentilly Township kids go to
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–12Crookston Secondaryin Crookston

Most of Gentilly Township (80%) is in Crookston Public School District; parts are in Red Lake Falls Public School District (20%).

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

Gentilly Township spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Gentilly TownshipZIP’s residents in Gentilly Township
56716Crookston, MN77%2%
56750Red Lake Falls, MN23%2%

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 Gentilly Township

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

Marshall-Polk Rural Water System (EPA ID MN1450005). 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 2.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Gentilly Township?

Red Lake Electric Coop (Red Lake Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility.

What internet providers serve Gentilly Township?

Halstad Telephone, CenturyLink, Garden Valley Technologies, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Gentilly Township?

56716 (77%), 56750 (23%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Gentilly Township in?

Crookston Public School District. Parts of the city are in Red Lake Falls Public School District.

How do I register to vote in Gentilly 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 Polk County Taxpayer Service 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 National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.