Photo: Appraiser · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Barron, WI: what to set up and who to call
Barron runs its own electric utility, City of Barron. Voting is local here: the City of Barron Clerk registers voters and runs elections, not the county.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Barron, 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 Barron.
Power comes from City of Barron
City of Barron (City of Barron - (WI)), a municipal utility, serves 94.3% of Barron residents.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Barron Light & Water Dept
Barron Light & Water Dept supplies almost all of Barron. It draws ground water and serves 3,423 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2023, was 1.6 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 61% 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. WI6030125.
5 home internet providers serve Barron
100% of 1,267 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 7% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mosaic Technologies | DSL, Fiber | 99% | 150/25 |
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 94% | 1,000/1,000 |
| CenturyLink | DSL | 57% | 60/5 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 60% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 14% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Barron’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Barron.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Barron is in Barron Area School District.
C+School gradeSee 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 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Barron is in ZIP code 54812
ZIP codes where Barron residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Barron | ZIP’s residents in Barron |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54812 | Barron, WI | 100% | 64% |
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 Barron
Who supplies Barron’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Barron Light & Water Dept (EPA ID WI6030125). 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 1.6 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Barron?
City of Barron (City of Barron - (WI)), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve Barron?
Mosaic Technologies, Spectrum, CenturyLink, Verizon, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Barron?
54812. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Barron in?
Barron Area School District.
How do I register to vote in Barron?
In Wisconsin you can register online until 20 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 20 days before). Elections here are run by the City of Barron Clerk. Check your registration at myvote.wi.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 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 National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.