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The Sodus Township handbook

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

Power in Sodus Township comes from Lyon Electric Cooperative, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. Wired internet is thin in Sodus Township: the FCC’s map has 11% of addresses able to get it.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Sodus 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 Sodus Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Lyon Electric Cooperative

Lyon Electric Cooperative (Lyon Electric Cooperative, Inc.), a cooperative utility, serves all of Sodus Township.

Start or move service: llec.coop · (507) 247-5505

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 Lincoln-Pipestone Rural Water System

Lincoln-Pipestone Rural Water System supplies Sodus Township: about 67% of residents live in its service area. About 33% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Osceola Rural Water System-North and Dawson and Adrian and Canby and Brookings-Deuel Rural Water System as sellers) and serves 13,644 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile3.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 3.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 79% 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. MN1410007.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Sodus Township

100% of 130 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 11% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Woodstock Telephone CompanyFixed wireless, Fiber67%1,000/1,000
MidcoFixed wireless100%100/20
GigFireFixed wireless97%150/130
MVTV WirelessFixed wireless75%100/20
T-MobileFixed wireless11%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless8%300/20

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

Trash & recycling

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

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Sodus Township.

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

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

Most of Sodus Township (54%) is in Marshall Public School District; parts are in Tracy Area Public School District (36%) and RTR Public Schools (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 Aug 2015; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Sodus Township spans 3 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of Sodus TownshipZIP’s residents in Sodus Township
56258Marshall, MN50%1%
56175Tracy, MN36%3%
56115Balaton, MN15%3%

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 Sodus Township

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

Lincoln-Pipestone Rural Water System (EPA ID MN1410007). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 3.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Sodus Township?

Lyon Electric Cooperative (Lyon Electric Cooperative, Inc.), a cooperative utility.

What internet providers serve Sodus Township?

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

What ZIP codes are in Sodus Township?

56258 (50%), 56175 (36%), 56115 (15%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Sodus Township in?

Marshall Public School District. Parts of the city are in Tracy Area Public School District and RTR Public Schools.

How do I register to vote in Sodus 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 Lyon County Government Center. 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.