Photo: User:Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 2.5Living in Hillsboro, WI: what to set up and who to call
In Hillsboro, trash day is Tuesday (Southwest Sanitation collects). Power in Hillsboro comes from Vernon Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Hillsboro, 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 Hillsboro.
Power comes from Vernon Electric Coop
Vernon Electric Coop (Vernon Electric Coop), a cooperative utility, serves 98.5% of Hillsboro residents.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Marell Courts and Rentals LLC water system
The Marell Courts and Rentals LLC water system supplies Hillsboro: about 5% of residents live in its service area. About 95% 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 60 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 11,392 systems serving <=100 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2021, was 0.6 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. WI6630256.
5 home internet providers serve Hillsboro
91% of 395 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 91% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsboro Telephone Company | Fiber | 94% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Spectrum | Cable | 7% | 1,000/35 |
| Brightspeed | DSL | 6% | 80/10 |
| Bug Tussel | Fixed wireless | 25% | 10/1 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 2% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Hillsboro is Tuesday
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Hillsboro, from the town’s own site.
This month
- TrashEvery week
Single-stream recycling
All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.
From hillsborowi.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 22, 2026; pages dated 2026. 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 Hillsboro (88%) is in Hillsboro School District; parts are in Royall School District (12%).
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.
Hillsboro spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Hillsboro residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Hillsboro | ZIP’s residents in Hillsboro |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54634 | Hillsboro, WI | 71% | 13% |
| 53929 | Elroy, WI | 18% | 6% |
| 54638 | Kendall, WI | 10% | 5% |
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 Hillsboro
Who supplies Hillsboro’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Marell Courts and Rentals LLC water system (EPA ID WI6630256). 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 0.6 ppb (Jun–Sep 2021), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Hillsboro?
Vernon Electric Coop (Vernon Electric Coop), a cooperative utility.
What internet providers serve Hillsboro?
Hillsboro Telephone Company, Spectrum, Brightspeed, Bug Tussel, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Hillsboro?
54634 (71%), 53929 (18%), 54638 (10%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Hillsboro in?
Hillsboro School District. Parts of the city are in Royall School District.
How do I register to vote in Hillsboro?
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 Hillsboro 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: Hillsboro’s own website (hillsborowi.com), 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.