Photo: Willsome429 · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Gardner, WI: what to set up and who to call
To register to vote, go to the Town of Gardner Clerk: Gardner runs its own elections. The closest ER is Door County Medical Center, 11.5 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Gardner, 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 Gardner.
Power comes from Wisconsin Public Service
Wisconsin Public Service (Wisconsin Public Service Corp), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Gardner. 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 Maplewood Sanitary Dist 1 water system
The Maplewood Sanitary Dist 1 water system supplies Gardner: about 1% of residents live in its service area. About 99% 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 122 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2023, was 0.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 58% 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. WI4150064.
Which providers serve Gardner
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Gardner, 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 day in Gardner is Monday or Friday, depending on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Gardner, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s day (Mon or Fri)
From townofgardnerwi.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 22, 2026; pages dated 2026, 2026-09-29. 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.
Gardner is in Southern Door County 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.
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.
Gardner spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Gardner residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Gardner | ZIP’s residents in Gardner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54204 | Brussels, WI | 56% | 37% |
| 54235 | Sturgeon Bay, WI | 44% | 3% |
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 Gardner
Who supplies Gardner’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Maplewood Sanitary Dist 1 water system (EPA ID WI4150064). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.2 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Gardner?
Wisconsin Public Service (Wisconsin Public Service Corp), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Gardner?
54204 (56%), 54235 (44%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Gardner in?
Southern Door County School District.
How do I register to vote in Gardner?
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 Gardner 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: Gardner’s own website (townofgardnerwi.gov), read Oct 22, 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.