Living in Summit Township, MN: what to set up and who to call
Power in Summit Township comes from Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. Wired internet is thin in Summit Township: the FCC’s map has 29% of addresses able to get it.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Summit Township, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Summit Township.
Power comes from Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric
Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric (Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric), a cooperative utility, serves all of Summit Township. Its homes paid an average of 16.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $161 a month (its average across Minnesota).
Start or move service: swce.coop · (507) 451-7340
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Ellendale water system
The Ellendale water system supplies Summit 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 and serves 636 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 51% 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. MN1740003.
9 home internet providers serve Summit Township
100% of 218 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 1% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midco | Fixed wireless, Cable | 100% | 100/20 |
| Frontier | DSL | 24% | 70/3 |
| Consolidated Communications | DSL | 5% | 100/10 |
| Metronet | Fiber | 3% | 5,120/5,120 |
| GigFire | Fixed wireless | 98% | 150/130 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 63% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Summit Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Summit Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Summit Township (66%) is in NRHEG School District; parts are in Blooming Prairie Public School District (27%) and Owatonna Public School District (6%).
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.
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.
Summit Township spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Summit Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Summit Township | ZIP’s residents in Summit Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 56026 | Ellendale, MN | 56% | 13% |
| 55917 | Blooming Prairie, MN | 42% | 5% |
| 55060 | Owatonna, MN | 2% | 0% |
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
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 Summit Township
Who supplies Summit Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Ellendale water system (EPA ID MN1740003). 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 1.0 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Summit Township?
Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric (Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 16.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Summit Township?
Midco, Frontier, Consolidated Communications, Metronet, GigFire, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Summit Township?
56026 (56%), 55917 (42%), 55060 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Summit Township in?
NRHEG School District. Parts of the city are in Blooming Prairie Public School District and Owatonna Public School District.
How do I register to vote in Summit 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 Steele County Auditor. 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.