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The Ellsworth handbook

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

An EPA health-based violation from 2024 is still open for Ellsworth Waterworks. Power in Ellsworth comes from Pierce-Pepin Coop Services, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Ellsworth, 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 Ellsworth.

Electricity

Power comes from Pierce-Pepin Coop Services

Pierce-Pepin Coop Services (Pierce-Pepin Coop Services), a cooperative utility, serves all of Ellsworth.

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 Ellsworth Waterworks

Ellsworth Waterworks supplies Ellsworth: 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 3,304 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. 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people had none. 1 older violation is still open, since 2024: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions), per EPA’s records.

Lead, 90th percentile2.4 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2023, was 2.4 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 75% 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. WI6480239.

Internet

8 home internet providers serve Ellsworth

89% of 520 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 84% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Swiftcurrent ConnectFiber82%2,000/2,000
AT&TFixed wireless, DSL22%25/3
MidcoCable4%1,250/60
HBCFixed wireless53%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless40%300/20
GigFireFixed wireless17%150/130

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

Trash & recycling

The nearest public drop-off is 3 miles away

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Ellsworth.

Nearest public drop-off · 2.8 mi from the center of Ellsworth

Pierce County recycling center

707 N. Maple Street, Ellsworth, WI, 54011

This isn’t Ellsworth’s own facility. Whether Ellsworth residents may use it is the town’s rule: check villageofellsworth.org.

OpenStreetMap, as of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Ellsworth kids go to
PK–5Ellsworth ElementaryEllsworth Community School District
6–8Ellsworth MiddleEllsworth Community School District
9–12Ellsworth HighEllsworth Community School District

Ellsworth is in Ellsworth Community School District.

B+School 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

Ellsworth spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of EllsworthZIP’s residents in Ellsworth
54011Ellsworth, WI88%14%
54003Beldenville, WI12%13%

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 Ellsworth

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

Ellsworth Waterworks (EPA ID WI6480239). 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). 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.4 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Ellsworth?

Pierce-Pepin Coop Services (Pierce-Pepin Coop Services), a cooperative utility.

What internet providers serve Ellsworth?

Swiftcurrent Connect, AT&T, Midco, HBC, Verizon, GigFire (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Ellsworth?

54011 (88%), 54003 (12%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Ellsworth in?

Ellsworth Community School District.

How do I register to vote in Ellsworth?

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 Ellsworth 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.