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The Evergreen handbook

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

Power in Evergreen comes from Barron Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. Voting is local here: the Town of Evergreen Clerk registers voters and runs elections, not the county.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Evergreen, 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 Evergreen.

Electricity

Power comes from Barron Electric Coop

Barron Electric Coop (Barron Electric Coop), a cooperative utility, serves all of Evergreen. Its homes paid an average of 16.0¢ per kWh in 2025, about $141 a month (its average across Wisconsin).

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 Spooner Waterworks

Spooner Waterworks supplies Evergreen: 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 2,653 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.

Lead, 90th percentile3.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2023, was 3.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 82% 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. WI8660305.

Internet

Which providers serve Evergreen

Data pending · D4

This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Evergreen, 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

We don’t have Evergreen’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Evergreen.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Evergreen or within 5 miles (as of Oct 9, 2026); map coverage varies by town.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Evergreen kids go to
PK–4Spooner Elementaryin Spooner
5–8Spooner Middlein Spooner
9–12Spooner Highin Spooner

Evergreen is in Spooner Area 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 Apr 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Evergreen is in ZIP code 54801

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of EvergreenZIP’s residents in Evergreen
54801Spooner, WI100%18%

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 Evergreen

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

Spooner Waterworks (EPA ID WI8660305). 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 3.0 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Evergreen?

Barron Electric Coop (Barron Electric Coop), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 16.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What ZIP codes are in Evergreen?

54801. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Evergreen in?

Spooner Area School District.

How do I register to vote in Evergreen?

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 Evergreen 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): pending.