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The Leeds Township handbook

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

Power in Leeds Township comes from Nobles Cooperative Electric, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. Wired internet is thin in Leeds Township: the FCC’s map has 25% of addresses able to get it.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Leeds 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 Leeds Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Nobles Cooperative Electric

Nobles Cooperative Electric (Nobles Cooperative Electric), a cooperative utility, serves 86.8% of Leeds Township residents.

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 Lake Wilson water system

The Lake Wilson water system supplies Leeds Township: about 10% of residents live in its service area. Lincoln-Pipestone Rural Water System serves another 7%. About 84% 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 247 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.

Lead, 90th percentile4.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 4.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 87% 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. MN1510008.

Internet

9 home internet providers serve Leeds Township

100% of 84 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 7% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Woodstock Telephone CompanyFixed wireless, Fiber89%100/20
FrontierDSL23%10/1
MidcoFixed wireless100%100/20
GigFireFixed wireless96%150/130
VerizonFixed wireless51%300/20
MVTV WirelessFixed wireless35%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 Leeds Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Leeds Township.

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

Leeds Township kids go to
PK–1Murray County Central Elementaryin Slayton
2–6West Elementaryin Slayton
7–12Murray County Central High Schoolin Slayton

Leeds Township is in Murray County Central 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

Leeds Township spans 3 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Leeds TownshipZIP’s residents in Leeds Township
56151Lake Wilson, MN56%14%
56172Slayton, MN32%2%
56122Chandler, MN13%4%

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 Leeds Township

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

The Lake Wilson water system (EPA ID MN1510008). 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 4.0 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Leeds Township?

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

What internet providers serve Leeds Township?

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

What ZIP codes are in Leeds Township?

56151 (56%), 56172 (32%), 56122 (13%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Leeds Township in?

Murray County Central School District.

How do I register to vote in Leeds 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.