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The Cooperstown handbook

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

Cooperstown has its own drop-off, Town of Cooperstown Transfer Station. To register to vote, go to the Town of Cooperstown Clerk: Cooperstown runs its own elections.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Cooperstown, 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 Cooperstown.

Electricity

Power comes from Wisconsin Public Service

Wisconsin Public Service (Wisconsin Public Service Corp), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Cooperstown. Its homes paid an average of 17.2¢ per kWh in 2025, about $106 a month (its average across Wisconsin).

Start or move service: wisconsinpublicservice.com · (800) 450-7260

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 Maribel Waterworks

Maribel Waterworks supplies Cooperstown: about 0% of residents live in its service area. About 100% 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 355 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people.

Lead, 90th percentile1.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2023, was 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 52% 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. WI4360429.

Internet

Which providers serve Cooperstown

Data pending · D4

This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Cooperstown, the share of addresses that can get 100/20 Mbps and the share with fiber, with the map’s “as of” date.

Source to come: FCC Broadband Data Collection.

Trash & recycling

Trash and recycling in Cooperstown

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Cooperstown, from the town’s own site.

Transfer station

Cooperstown Town Transfer Station

12309 County Road Z, Maribel

We couldn’t find its opening hours.

From townofcooperstownwi.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 22, 2026; pages dated January 1, 2014. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Cooperstown kids go to
PK–5Denmark Elementaryin Denmark
6–8Denmark Middlein Denmark
9–12Denmark Highin Denmark

Most of Cooperstown (89%) is in Denmark School District; parts are in Reedsville School District (9%).

BSchool gradeSee 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 Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Cooperstown spans 5 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of CooperstownZIP’s residents in Cooperstown
54227Maribel, WI68%57%
54208Denmark, WI24%5%
54230Reedsville, WI5%1%
54247Whitelaw, WI2%1%
54126Greenleaf, WI1%0%
Area code920Wikidata

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 Cooperstown

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

Maribel Waterworks (EPA ID WI4360429). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.0 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Cooperstown?

Wisconsin Public Service (Wisconsin Public Service Corp), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What ZIP codes are in Cooperstown?

54227 (68%), 54208 (24%), 54230 (5%), 54247 (2%), 54126 (1%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Cooperstown in?

Denmark School District. Parts of the city are in Reedsville School District.

How do I register to vote in Cooperstown?

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 Cooperstown 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: Cooperstown’s own website (townofcooperstownwi.gov), read Oct 22, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
  • 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): pending.