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The Indianola handbook

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

Indianola runs its own electric utility, City of Indianola. The nearest library is Indianola Public Library, 0.1 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Indianola, 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 Indianola.

Electricity

Power comes from City of Indianola

City of Indianola (City of Indianola - (NE)), a municipal utility, serves all of Indianola.

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 City of Indianola water system

The City of Indianola water system supplies Indianola: about 91% of residents live in its service area. About 9% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated ground water (EPA lists Bic Joint Water Agency as seller) and serves 584 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.

Lead, 90th percentile1.4 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 1.4 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 60% 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. NE3114506.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Indianola

92% of 328 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 30% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Great Plains CommunicationsDSL, Fiber100%2,000/2,000
Pinpoint CommunicationsCable89%50/5
Atcjet.netFixed wireless100%50/5
T-MobileFixed wireless83%100/20
AT&TFixed wireless16%25/3
Viaero WirelessFixed wireless4%150/40

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Indianola’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Indianola.

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

Indianola kids go to
PK–5Southwest Elementary-IndianolaSouthwest Public Schools
6–8Southwest Middle Schoolin Bartley
9–12Southwest Jr./Sr. High Schoolin Bartley

Indianola is in Southwest Public 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.

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

Indianola is in ZIP code 69034

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of IndianolaZIP’s residents in Indianola
69034Indianola, NE100%65%
Area code308Wikidata

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 Indianola

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

The City of Indianola water system (EPA ID NE3114506). 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 1.4 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Indianola?

City of Indianola (City of Indianola - (NE)), a municipal utility.

What internet providers serve Indianola?

Great Plains Communications, Pinpoint Communications, Atcjet.net, T-Mobile, AT&T, Viaero Wireless (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Indianola?

69034. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Indianola in?

Southwest Public Schools.

How do I register to vote in Indianola?

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 Red Willow 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.