Center Valley Grade School · Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Center, WI: what to set up and who to call
Center runs its own elections, so the Town of Center Clerk, not a county office, keeps the voter rolls. The closest ER is Thedacare Regional Medical Center - Appleton, 7.2 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Center, 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 Center.
Power comes from We Energies
We Energies (Wisconsin Electric Power Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Center. 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 Appleton Waterworks
Appleton Waterworks supplies Center: about 14% of residents live in its service area. About 86% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water and serves 74,511 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 90% of the 597 systems serving 50,001–100,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Jun 2025, was 1.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 54% 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. WI4450333.
6 home internet providers serve Center
93% of 1,621 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 24% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 86% | 1,000/1,000 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless, DSL, Fiber | 54% | 50/10 |
| Bug Tussel | Fiber | 2% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Bertram Communications | Fixed wireless | 99% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 85% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 39% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Center’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Center.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Center (43%) is in Hortonville School District; parts are in Freedom Area School District (37%) and Seymour Community School District (17%) and Shiocton School District (3%).
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 Apr 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Center spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Center residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Center | ZIP’s residents in Center |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54913 | Appleton, WI | 72% | 11% |
| 54106 | Black Creek, WI | 28% | 22% |
A few homes fall in 54944.
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 Center
Who supplies Center’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Appleton Waterworks (EPA ID WI4450333). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 90% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.3 ppb (Jan–Jun 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Center?
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 Center?
Spectrum, AT&T, Bug Tussel, Bertram Communications, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Center?
54913 (72%), 54106 (28%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Center in?
Hortonville School District. Parts of the city are in Freedom Area School District and Seymour Community School District and Shiocton School District.
How do I register to vote in Center?
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 Center 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.