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The Holly Township handbook

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

Power in Holly Township comes from Nobles Cooperative Electric, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. Wired internet is thin in Holly Township: the FCC’s map has 55% of addresses able to get it.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Holly 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 Holly Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Nobles Cooperative Electric

Nobles Cooperative Electric (Nobles Cooperative Electric), a cooperative utility, serves all of Holly Township.

Start or move service: noblesce.coop · (507) 372-7331

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 Rock Rural Water System

Red Rock Rural Water System supplies Holly Township: about 93% of residents live in its service area. About 7% 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 Windom and Lincoln-Pipestone Rural Water System and Balaton and Saint James as sellers) and serves 5,840 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.

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

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 67% 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. MN1170009.

Internet

8 home internet providers serve Holly Township

100% of 52 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 55% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
ARVIGFiber58%1,000/500
MidcoFixed wireless100%100/20
GigFireFixed wireless96%150/130
Woodstock Telephone CompanyFixed wireless44%50/20
VerizonFixed wireless37%300/20
MVTV WirelessFixed wireless33%50/10

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

Trash & recycling

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

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Holly Township.

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

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

Most of Holly Township (52%) is in Westbrook-Walnut Grove Schools; parts are in Tracy Area Public School District (48%).

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

Holly Township spans 3 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Holly TownshipZIP’s residents in Holly Township
56180Walnut Grove, MN55%4%
56123Currie, MN29%6%
56175Tracy, MN16%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 Holly Township

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

Red Rock Rural Water System (EPA ID MN1170009). 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 2.0 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Holly Township?

Nobles Cooperative Electric (Nobles Cooperative Electric), a cooperative utility.

What internet providers serve Holly Township?

ARVIG, Midco, GigFire, Woodstock Telephone Company, Verizon, MVTV Wireless (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Holly Township?

56180 (55%), 56123 (29%), 56175 (16%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Holly Township in?

Westbrook-Walnut Grove Schools. Parts of the city are in Tracy Area Public School District.

How do I register to vote in Holly 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 Murray County Elections. 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.