Photo: Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0Living in Winsted Township, MN: what to set up and who to call
Power in Winsted Township comes from McLeod Cooperative Power Assn, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. For a library card, the closest branch is Winsted Public Library, 2.4 miles out.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Winsted 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 Winsted Township.
Power comes from McLeod Cooperative Power Assn
McLeod Cooperative Power Assn (McLeod Cooperative Power Assn), a cooperative utility, serves 64.4% of Winsted Township residents.
Start or move service: mcleodcoop.com · (320) 864-3148
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Winsted water system
The Winsted water system supplies Winsted Township: about 5% of residents live in its service area. About 95% 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 2,226 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.
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. MN1430010.
Which providers serve Winsted Township
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Winsted 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.
We don’t have Winsted Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Winsted Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Winsted Township (50%) is in Lester Prairie Public School District; parts are in Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted (37%) and Glencoe-Silver Lake School District (12%).
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.
Winsted Township spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Winsted Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Winsted Township | ZIP’s residents in Winsted Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55395 | Winsted, MN | 50% | 16% |
| 55354 | Lester Prairie, MN | 40% | 13% |
| 55381 | Silver Lake, MN | 10% | 5% |
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 Winsted Township
Who supplies Winsted Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Winsted water system (EPA ID MN1430010). 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 0.0 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Winsted Township?
McLeod Cooperative Power Assn (McLeod Cooperative Power Assn), a cooperative utility.
What ZIP codes are in Winsted Township?
55395 (50%), 55354 (40%), 55381 (10%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Winsted Township in?
Lester Prairie Public School District. Parts of the city are in Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted and Glencoe-Silver Lake School District.
How do I register to vote in Winsted 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 McLeod County. 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.