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The Lime Lake Township handbook

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

Power in Lime Lake Township comes from Nobles Cooperative Electric, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. The closest ER is Murray County Memorial Hospital, 5.3 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Lime Lake 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 Lime Lake Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Nobles Cooperative Electric

Nobles Cooperative Electric (Nobles Cooperative Electric), a cooperative utility, serves all of Lime Lake 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 Lime Lake 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 (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

Which providers serve Lime Lake Township

Data pending · D4

This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Lime Lake Township, the share of addresses that can get 100/20 Mbps and the share with fiber, with the map’s “as of” date.

Source to come: FCC Broadband Data Collection.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Lime Lake Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Lime Lake Township.

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

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

Most of Lime Lake Township (91%) is in Murray County Central School District; parts are in Fulda Public School District (9%).

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

Lime Lake Township spans 3 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Lime Lake TownshipZIP’s residents in Lime Lake Township
56114Avoca, MN53%28%
56172Slayton, MN34%2%
56123Currie, MN12%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 Lime Lake Township

Who supplies Lime Lake 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 Lime Lake Township?

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

What ZIP codes are in Lime Lake Township?

56114 (53%), 56172 (34%), 56123 (12%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Lime Lake Township in?

Murray County Central School District. Parts of the city are in Fulda Public School District.

How do I register to vote in Lime Lake 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): pending.