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The Briggsville handbook

Living in Briggsville, WI: what to set up and who to call

Briggsville has no town government of its own, so Marquette County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Wisconsin Dells School District. The Dells Estates water system reported one health-based violation to EPA in the last five years: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions), beginning Oct 2024.

Briggsville has no town government. It’s a census-designated place in Marquette County, so the county and regional agencies provide most services. This page answers what we can; the same answers appear on Briggsville’s town page under “Getting set up”.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Briggsville, 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 Briggsville.

Electricity

Power comes from Adams-Columbia Electric Coop

Adams-Columbia Electric Coop (Adams-Columbia Electric Coop), a cooperative utility, serves all of Briggsville. Its homes paid an average of 19.0¢ per kWh in 2025, about $122 a month (its average across Wisconsin).

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 Dells Estates water system

The Dells Estates water system supplies Briggsville: about 2% of residents live in its service area. About 98% 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 30 people in all.

1 health-based violation reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions), beginning Oct 2024. 78% of the 11,392 systems serving <=100 people had none.

Lead, 90th percentile2.2 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jul–Dec 2023, was 2.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 76% 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. WI1111017.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Briggsville

100% of 225 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Marquette Adams Telephone CoopFiber100%1,000/1,000
FrontierDSL71%90/5
Bug TusselFixed wireless96%25/5
VerizonFixed wireless34%300/20
AT&TFixed wireless12%25/3

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Briggsville’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Briggsville.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileBriggsville has no town government of its own, so look for trash and recycling rules on the county’s site.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Briggsville kids go to
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–8Wisconsin Dells Middle Schoolin Wisconsin Dells
9–12Wisconsin Dells Highin Wisconsin Dells

Briggsville is in Wisconsin Dells School District.

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

No town hall: the county runs things

Briggsville is unincorporated, so Marquette County is the local government.

Local governmentMarquette CountyBriggsville is a census-designated place: no town hall of its ownCensus
Who runs elections hereTown of Douglas ClerkElections here are run by Town of Douglas (Marquette County) (town or city clerk). PO Box 43, Briggsville, WI 53920-0043 · (719) 322-5646 · [email protected]FVAP, Jun 2025
Register to voteOnlineIn 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).vote.govCheck your registration and polling placemyvote.wi.govThe state’s voter lookup

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Briggsville spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of BriggsvilleZIP’s residents in Briggsville
53920Briggsville, WI91%70%
53901Portage, WI9%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 Briggsville

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

The Dells Estates water system (EPA ID WI1111017). It reported 1 health-based violation to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions). 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.2 ppb (Jul–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Briggsville?

Adams-Columbia Electric Coop (Adams-Columbia Electric Coop), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 19.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Briggsville?

Marquette Adams Telephone Coop, Frontier, Bug Tussel, Verizon, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Briggsville?

53920 (91%), 53901 (9%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Briggsville in?

Wisconsin Dells School District.

How do I register to vote in Briggsville?

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 Town of Douglas 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.