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The Davenport handbook

Living in Davenport, NE: what to set up and who to call

Davenport runs its own electric utility, Village of Davenport. For an emergency, Thayer County Health Services is the closest ER, 15.5 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Davenport, 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 Davenport.

Electricity

Power comes from Village of Davenport

Village of Davenport (Village of Davenport - (NE)), a municipal utility, serves all of Davenport.

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 Village of Davenport water system

The Village of Davenport water system supplies almost all of Davenport. It draws ground water and serves 319 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 percentile2.5 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 2.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 78% 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. NE3116908.

Internet

7 home internet providers serve Davenport

100% of 201 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Glenwood TelecommunicationsFixed wireless, Fiber100%1,000/1,000
Zito MediaFiber100%1,000/1,000
KineticDSL98%200/20
GigFireFixed wireless100%150/130
NextlinkFixed wireless67%500/100
Diode Cable CompanyFixed wireless50%10/1

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Davenport’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Davenport.

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

Davenport kids go to
PK–1Bruning-Davenport Elem/Bruningin Bruning
2–4Bruning-Davenport Elem/DavenptBruning-Davenport Unified School System
5–8Bruning-Davenport Middle SCHBruning-Davenport Unified School System
9–12Bruning-Davenport High Schoolin Bruning

Davenport is in Bruning-Davenport Unified School System.

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 Jun 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

Davenport is in ZIP code 68335

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of DavenportZIP’s residents in Davenport
68335Davenport, NE100%60%
Area code402Wikidata

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 Davenport

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

The Village of Davenport water system (EPA ID NE3116908). 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 2.5 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Davenport?

Village of Davenport (Village of Davenport - (NE)), a municipal utility.

What internet providers serve Davenport?

Glenwood Telecommunications, Zito Media, Kinetic, GigFire, Nextlink, Diode Cable Company (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Davenport?

68335. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Davenport in?

Bruning-Davenport Unified School System.

How do I register to vote in Davenport?

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 Thayer 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 National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.