Nils Skumsrud House · Photo: Boscophotos · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Hamburg, WI: what to set up and who to call
Power in Hamburg comes from Vernon Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. Hamburg runs its own elections, so the Town of Hamburg Clerk, not a county office, keeps the voter rolls.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Hamburg, 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 Hamburg.
Power comes from Vernon Electric Coop
Vernon Electric Coop (Vernon Electric Coop), a cooperative utility, serves all of Hamburg.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Village of Chaseburg Waterworks
Village of Chaseburg Waterworks supplies Hamburg: 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 306 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 2.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 80% 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. WI6630251.
4 home internet providers serve Hamburg
100% of 430 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coon Valley Farmers Telephone | Fiber | 100% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 43% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 9% | 100/20 |
| Bug Tussel | Fixed wireless | 3% | 25/5 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Hamburg
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Hamburg, from the town’s own site.
Hamburg Drop-off
- Wed4:30 pm–7:30 pm
- Sat8 am–noon
From tn.hamburg.wi.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 22, 2026; pages dated 2026-04-02. 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 Hamburg (93%) is in Westby Area School District; parts are in Viroqua Area School District (4%) and La Crosse School District (3%).
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 Apr 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Hamburg spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Hamburg residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Hamburg | ZIP’s residents in Hamburg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54621 | Chaseburg, WI | 63% | 53% |
| 54623 | Coon Valley, WI | 27% | 14% |
| 54658 | Stoddard, WI | 10% | 4% |
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 Hamburg
Who supplies Hamburg’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Village of Chaseburg Waterworks (EPA ID WI6630251). 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 2.8 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Hamburg?
Vernon Electric Coop (Vernon Electric Coop), a cooperative utility.
What internet providers serve Hamburg?
Coon Valley Farmers Telephone, Verizon, T-Mobile, Bug Tussel (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Hamburg?
54621 (63%), 54623 (27%), 54658 (10%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Hamburg in?
Westby Area School District. Parts of the city are in Viroqua Area School District and La Crosse School District.
How do I register to vote in Hamburg?
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 Hamburg 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: Hamburg’s own website (tn.hamburg.wi.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 National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.