Living in Crookston, NE: what to set up and who to call
Tap water in most of Crookston comes from the Village of Crookston water system, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 22% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result of 0.9 ppb. Power in Crookston comes from Cherry-Todd Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Crookston, 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 Crookston.
Power comes from Cherry-Todd Electric Coop
Cherry-Todd Electric Coop (Cherry-Todd Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Crookston.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Village of Crookston water system
The Village of Crookston water system supplies Crookston: about 80% of residents live in its service area. About 20% 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 69 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 11,392 systems serving <=100 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 0.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 55% 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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. NE3103102.
Which providers serve Crookston
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Crookston, 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 Crookston’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Crookston.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Crookston is in Valentine Community Schools.
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 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Crookston is in ZIP code 69212
ZIP codes where Crookston residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Crookston | ZIP’s residents in Crookston |
|---|---|---|---|
| 69212 | Crookston, NE | 100% | 13% |
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 Crookston
Who supplies Crookston’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Village of Crookston water system (EPA ID NE3103102). 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 0.9 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Crookston?
Cherry-Todd Electric Coop (Cherry-Todd Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility.
What ZIP codes are in Crookston?
69212. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Crookston in?
Valentine Community Schools.
How do I register to vote in Crookston?
In Nebraska you can register online until 18 days before Election Day, in person until 11 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 18 days before). Elections here are run by the Cherry County Clerk. Check your registration at votercheck.necvr.ne.gov.
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 Sep 30, 2026 (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.