Steam Locomotive #1385 · Photo: Carol M. Highsmith · Public domainLiving in Freedom, WI: what to set up and who to call
There is no curbside pickup in Freedom: residents take trash to Town of Freedom recycling center and trash collection site. Freedom runs its own elections, so the Town of Freedom Clerk, not a county office, keeps the voter rolls.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Freedom, 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 Freedom.
Power comes from Wisconsin Power & Light
Wisconsin Power & Light (Wisconsin Power & Light Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Freedom. Its homes paid an average of 18.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $128 a month (its average across Wisconsin).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from North Freedom Waterworks
North Freedom Waterworks supplies Freedom: 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 589 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people.
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 77% 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. WI1570096.
Which providers serve Freedom
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Freedom, 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.
No curbside pickup in Freedom: trash goes to the drop-off center
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Freedom, from the town’s own site.
Town of Freedom recycling center and trash collection site
S5893 Diamond Hill Road
- Sat7 am–noon
Accepted at the curb
- Aluminum containers
- Corrugated cardboard or other container board
- Glass containers
- Magazines and other materials printed on similar paper
- Newspapers and other materials printed on newsprint
- Office paper
- Plastic containers #1 and #2
- Steel containers (tin cans)
Town of Freedom recycling center and trash collection site
S5893 Diamond Hill Road
From freedomsaukwi.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026-09-02. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Freedom (57%) is in Reedsburg School District; parts are in Baraboo School District (43%).
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.
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.
Freedom spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Freedom residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Freedom | ZIP’s residents in Freedom |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53951 | North Freedom, WI | 69% | 13% |
| 53961 | Rock Springs, WI | 31% | 18% |
54131 is P.O. box or single-organization ZIP with no homes.
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.
Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Freedom
Who supplies Freedom’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
North Freedom Waterworks (EPA ID WI1570096). 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 2.4 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Freedom?
Wisconsin Power & Light (Wisconsin Power & Light Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 18.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Freedom?
53951 (69%), 53961 (31%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Freedom in?
Reedsburg School District. Parts of the city are in Baraboo School District.
How do I register to vote in Freedom?
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 Freedom 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: Freedom’s own website (freedomsaukwi.gov), 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): pending.