Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Buchanan, WI: what to set up and who to call
To register to vote, go to the Town of Buchanan Clerk: Buchanan runs its own elections. The closest public drop-off to Buchanan is Combined Locks Yard Waste Site, 1 mile out; the town decides whether residents may use it.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Buchanan, 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 Buchanan.
Power comes from We Energies
We Energies (Wisconsin Electric Power Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves 93.2% of Buchanan residents. Its homes paid an average of 20.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $131 a month (its average across Wisconsin).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Darboy Sanitary Dist 1 water system
The Darboy Sanitary Dist 1 water system supplies Buchanan: about 80% of residents live in its service area. About 11% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water (EPA lists Kimberly Waterworks as seller) and serves 13,024 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2023, was 0.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 65% 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. WI4450117.
7 home internet providers serve Buchanan
96% of 2,471 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 84% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 90% | 1,000/35 |
| TDS Telecom | Fiber | 81% | 8,000/8,000 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber | 79% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Bertram Communications | Fixed wireless | 99% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 86% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 64% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
The nearest public drop-off is 1 miles away
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Buchanan.
Combined Locks Yard Waste Site
This isn’t Buchanan’s own facility. Whether Buchanan residents may use it is the town’s rule: check townofbuchanan.org.
OpenStreetMap, as of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Buchanan (72%) is in Kaukauna Area School District; parts are in Kimberly Area School District (16%) and Wrightstown Community School District (12%).
A−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 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Buchanan spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Buchanan residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Buchanan | ZIP’s residents in Buchanan |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54915 | Appleton, WI | 81% | 13% |
| 54130 | Kaukauna, WI | 19% | 5% |
A few homes fall in 54113.
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 Buchanan
Who supplies Buchanan’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Darboy Sanitary Dist 1 water system (EPA ID WI4450117). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.5 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Buchanan?
We Energies (Wisconsin Electric Power Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 20.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Buchanan?
Spectrum, TDS Telecom, AT&T, Bertram Communications, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Buchanan?
54915 (81%), 54130 (19%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Buchanan in?
Kaukauna Area School District. Parts of the city are in Kimberly Area School District and Wrightstown Community School District.
How do I register to vote in Buchanan?
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 Buchanan 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.