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The La Valley Township handbook

Living in La Valley Township, SD: what to set up and who to call

La Valley Township spans 5 ZIP codes; 57032 holds the most residents (51%). The closest ER is Avera Heart Hospital of South Dakota, 7.3 miles away.

I’m new in town

What to set up in La Valley Township, 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 La Valley Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Xcel Energy

Xcel Energy (Northern States Power Co. (Minnesota)), an investor-owned utility, serves all of La Valley Township. Its homes paid an average of 13.1¢ per kWh in 2025, about $101 a month (its average across South Dakota).

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 Lincoln County Rural Water System

Lincoln County Rural Water System supplies La Valley Township: about 61% of residents live in its service area. South Lincoln Rural Water System serves another 36%. About 4% 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 Lewis and Clark Regional Water Syste as seller) and serves 5,965 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile2.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2024, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 67% 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. SD4600304.

Internet

8 home internet providers serve La Valley Township

100% of 303 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 96% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
BluepeakFixed wireless, DSL, Fiber, Cable90%25/3
Alliance Communications CooperativeFiber86%1,000/1,000
CenturyLinkDSL40%60/5
MidcoFiber, Cable36%5,000/5,000
VerizonFixed wireless68%300/20
Rise BroadbandFixed wireless46%50/10

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have La Valley Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in La Valley Township.

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

La Valley Township kids go to
PK–510 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–85 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–123 high schoolsDepends on your address

Most of La Valley Township (40%) is in Harrisburg School District 41-2; parts are in Lennox School District 41-4 (34%) and Canton School District 41-1 (26%).

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 Aug 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

La Valley Township spans 5 ZIP codes

ZIP codes where La Valley Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of La Valley TownshipZIP’s residents in La Valley Township
57032Harrisburg, SD51%4%
57077Worthing, SD26%13%
57039Lennox, SD16%3%
57064Tea, SD4%0%
57013Canton, SD2%0%

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 La Valley Township

Who supplies La Valley Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Lincoln County Rural Water System (EPA ID SD4600304). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.0 ppb (Jan–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in La Valley Township?

Xcel Energy (Northern States Power Co. (Minnesota)), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 13.1¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve La Valley Township?

Bluepeak, Alliance Communications Cooperative, CenturyLink, Midco, Verizon, Rise Broadband (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in La Valley Township?

57032 (51%), 57077 (26%), 57039 (16%), 57064 (4%), 57013 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is La Valley Township in?

Harrisburg School District 41-2. Parts of the city are in Lennox School District 41-4 and Canton School District 41-1.

How do I register to vote in La Valley Township?

South Dakota has no online registration; you can register in person until 15 days before Election Day or by mail (received 15 days before). Elections here are run by the Lincoln County Auditor. Check your registration at vip.sdsos.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 Aug 3, 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.