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The Keewatin handbook

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

Keewatin runs its own electric utility, Keewatin Public Utilities. Tap water in Keewatin comes from the Keewatin water system, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 22% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result below detection.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Keewatin, 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 Keewatin.

Electricity

Power comes from Keewatin Public Utilities

Keewatin Public Utilities (Keewatin Public Utilities), a municipal utility, serves all of Keewatin.

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 Keewatin water system

The Keewatin water system supplies almost all of Keewatin. It draws ground water and serves 1,068 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 percentile0.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. 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. MN1310021.

Internet

3 home internet providers serve Keewatin

100% of 543 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 98% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Mediacom XtreamCable100%1,000/50
Paul Bunyan CommunicationsFiber98%1,000/1,000
AT&TFixed wireless50%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 Keewatin’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Keewatin.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Keewatin kids go to
PK–6Keewatin-Nashwauk Elementary SchoolNashwauk-Keewatin School District
7–12Nashwauk Secondaryin Nashwauk

Keewatin is in Nashwauk-Keewatin School District.

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

Keewatin spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of KeewatinZIP’s residents in Keewatin
55753Keewatin, MN99%100%
55746Hibbing, MN1%0%
Area code218Wikidata

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 Keewatin

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

The Keewatin water system (EPA ID MN1310021). 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 0.0 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Keewatin?

Keewatin Public Utilities (Keewatin Public Utilities), a municipal utility.

What internet providers serve Keewatin?

Mediacom Xtream, Paul Bunyan Communications, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Keewatin?

55753 (99%), 55746 (1%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Keewatin in?

Nashwauk-Keewatin School District.

How do I register to vote in Keewatin?

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 Itasca 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.
  • 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.