Living in Hawthorne, WI: what to set up and who to call
The Middle River Health and Rehab Center water system reported one health-based violation to EPA in the last five years: a disinfection byproducts requirement (Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule), beginning May 2025. Power in Hawthorne comes from East Central Energy, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Hawthorne, 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 Hawthorne.
Power comes from East Central Energy
East Central Energy (East Central Energy), a cooperative utility, serves all of Hawthorne. Its homes paid an average of 17.2¢ per kWh in 2025, about $137 a month (its average across Wisconsin).
Start or move service: eastcentralenergy.com · (800) 254-7944
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Middle River Health and Rehab Center water system
The Middle River Health and Rehab Center water system supplies Hawthorne: about 4% of residents live in its service area. About 96% 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 200 people in all.
1 health-based violation reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a disinfection byproducts requirement (Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule), beginning May 2025. 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people had none.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2021, was 2.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 2021: EPA has no newer result for this system.
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. WI8160143.
Which providers serve Hawthorne
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Hawthorne, 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.
We don’t have Hawthorne’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Hawthorne.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Hawthorne is in Maple 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.
Hawthorne spans 5 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Hawthorne residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Hawthorne | ZIP’s residents in Hawthorne |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54849 | Lake Nebagamon, WI | 38% | 21% |
| 54874 | South Range, WI | 33% | 10% |
| 54842 | Hawthorne, WI | 13% | 100% |
| 54864 | Poplar, WI | 12% | 8% |
| 54873 | Solon Springs, WI | 4% | 2% |
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 Hawthorne
Who supplies Hawthorne’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Middle River Health and Rehab Center water system (EPA ID WI8160143). It reported 1 health-based violation to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a disinfection byproducts requirement (Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule). 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.8 ppb (Jun–Sep 2021), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Hawthorne?
East Central Energy (East Central Energy), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 17.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Hawthorne?
54849 (38%), 54874 (33%), 54842 (13%), 54864 (12%), 54873 (4%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Hawthorne in?
Maple School District.
How do I register to vote in Hawthorne?
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 Hawthorne 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.