Living in Hawk Creek Township, MN: what to set up and who to call
Hawk Creek Township spans 2 ZIP codes; 56285 holds the most residents (60%). Most homes in Hawk Creek Township have two wired internet choices, Midco and Sacred Heart Telephone Company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Hawk Creek 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 Hawk Creek Township.
Water comes from Sacred Heart water system
The Sacred Heart water system supplies Hawk Creek 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 485 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 70% 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. MN1650013.
7 home internet providers serve Hawk Creek Township
100% of 90 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 72% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midco | Fixed wireless, Cable | 100% | 100/20 |
| Sacred Heart Telephone Company | Fiber | 72% | 1,000/1,000 |
| CenturyLink | DSL | 8% | 10/1 |
| GigFire | Fixed wireless | 82% | 150/130 |
| MVTV Wireless | Fixed wireless | 49% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 30% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Hawk Creek Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Hawk Creek Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Hawk Creek Township (74%) is in Renville County West School District; parts are in Yellow Medicine East (26%).
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 May 2024; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Hawk Creek Township spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Hawk Creek Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Hawk Creek Township | ZIP’s residents in Hawk Creek Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 56285 | Sacred Heart, MN | 60% | 11% |
| 56241 | Granite Falls, MN | 40% | 2% |
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 Hawk Creek Township
Who supplies Hawk Creek Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Sacred Heart water system (EPA ID MN1650013). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.0 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
What internet providers serve Hawk Creek Township?
Midco, Sacred Heart Telephone Company, CenturyLink, GigFire, MVTV Wireless, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Hawk Creek Township?
56285 (60%), 56241 (40%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Hawk Creek Township in?
Renville County West School District. Parts of the city are in Yellow Medicine East.
How do I register to vote in Hawk Creek 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 Renville County Courthouse. 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.
- 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.