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The Fennimore handbook

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

Fennimore runs its own electric utility, City of Fennimore. Fennimore runs its own elections, so the City of Fennimore Clerk, not a county office, keeps the voter rolls.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Fennimore, 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 Fennimore.

Electricity

Power comes from City of Fennimore

City of Fennimore (City of Fennimore - (WI)), a municipal utility, serves all of Fennimore.

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 Fennimore Waterworks

Fennimore Waterworks supplies almost all of Fennimore. It draws ground water and serves 2,507 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 percentile1.6 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2023, was 1.6 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. 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. WI1220096.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Fennimore

100% of 1,047 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 99% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
TDS TelecomFiber, DSL100%1,000/1,000
Mediacom XtreamCable, Fiber100%1,000/50
Comelec Internet ServicesFixed wireless, Fiber98%1,000/1,000
VerizonFixed wireless89%300/20

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

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Fennimore depends on your street

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

How trash works hereTown’s haulerThe town’s contract hauler picks up at the curb for every homefennimore.com
Trash dayBy addressDepends on your addressThe town’s pickup schedule (PDF) →
Pickup

Your pickup week

Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsSmall brush piles left at the curb are collected the 3rd full week of each month; piles should be small enough for one person to load.

From fennimore.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026. 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.

Fennimore kids go to
PK–5Fennimore ElementaryFennimore Community School District
6–8Fennimore MiddleFennimore Community School District
9–12Fennimore HighFennimore Community School District

Fennimore is in Fennimore 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 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Fennimore is in ZIP code 53809

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of FennimoreZIP’s residents in Fennimore
53809Fennimore, WI100%63%
Area code608Wikidata

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 Fennimore

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

Fennimore Waterworks (EPA ID WI1220096). 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 1.6 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Fennimore?

City of Fennimore (City of Fennimore - (WI)), a municipal utility.

What internet providers serve Fennimore?

TDS Telecom, Mediacom Xtream, Comelec Internet Services, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Fennimore?

53809. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Fennimore in?

Fennimore Community School District.

How do I register to vote in Fennimore?

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 City of Fennimore 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: Fennimore’s own website (fennimore.com), read Oct 21, 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 National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.