Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Ellison Bay, WI: what to set up and who to call
Ellison Bay has no town government of its own, so Door County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Gibraltar Area School District. For an emergency, Aurora Medical Center Bay Area is the closest ER, 30.5 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Ellison Bay, 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 Ellison Bay.
Power comes from Wisconsin Public Service
Wisconsin Public Service (Wisconsin Public Service Corp), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Ellison Bay. 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.
Water comes from Cottage Glen Condominiums water system
The Cottage Glen Condominiums water system supplies Ellison Bay: about 25% of residents live in its service area. About 75% 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 52 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 11,392 systems serving <=100 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2025, was 1.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 4.0 ppb. That’s higher than 64% 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. WI4150000.
6 home internet providers serve Ellison Bay
89% of 295 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 1% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 60% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Frontier | DSL | 23% | 10/1 |
| Nsight Telservices | Fixed wireless | 88% | 100/10 |
| Bertram Communications | Fixed wireless | 86% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 15% | 25/3 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 5% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Ellison Bay’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Ellison Bay.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Ellison Bay is in Gibraltar Area 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.
No town hall: the county runs things
Ellison Bay is unincorporated, so Door County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jun 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ellison Bay is in ZIP code 54210
ZIP codes where Ellison Bay residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Ellison Bay | ZIP’s residents in Ellison Bay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54210 | Ellison Bay, WI | 100% | 24% |
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 Ellison Bay
Who supplies Ellison Bay’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Cottage Glen Condominiums water system (EPA ID WI4150000). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.2 ppb (Jun–Sep 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Ellison Bay?
Wisconsin Public Service (Wisconsin Public Service Corp), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Ellison Bay?
Spectrum, Frontier, Nsight Telservices, Bertram Communications, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Ellison Bay?
54210. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Ellison Bay in?
Gibraltar Area School District.
How do I register to vote in Ellison Bay?
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 Liberty Grove 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.