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The Lismore handbook

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

Power in Lismore comes from Nobles Cooperative Electric, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. The ER is a drive from Lismore: the closest is Sanford Luverne Medical Center, 15.1 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Lismore, 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 Lismore.

Electricity

Power comes from Nobles Cooperative Electric

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

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 Lismore water system

The Lismore water system supplies almost all of Lismore. It buys treated ground water (EPA lists Lincoln-Pipestone Rural Water System as seller) and serves 237 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 percentile2.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, 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. MN1530007.

Internet

3 home internet providers serve Lismore

100% of 138 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Lismore Cooperative Telephone CompanyFiber100%1,000/1,000
MidcoFixed wireless100%100/20
GigFireFixed wireless77%150/130

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Lismore’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Lismore.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Lismore kids go to
PK–5Adrian Elementaryin Adrian
6–8Adrian Middlein Adrian
9–12Adrian Secondaryin Adrian

Lismore is in Adrian Public 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 Sep 2017; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Lismore is in ZIP code 56155

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of LismoreZIP’s residents in Lismore
56155Lismore, MN100%51%
Area code507Wikidata

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 Lismore

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

The Lismore water system (EPA ID MN1530007). 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 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Lismore?

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

What internet providers serve Lismore?

Lismore Cooperative Telephone Company, Midco, GigFire (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Lismore?

56155. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Lismore in?

Adrian Public School District.

How do I register to vote in Lismore?

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 Nobles County Auditor-Treasurer. 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.