Living in Hixton, WI: what to set up and who to call
Power in Hixton comes from Jackson Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. Hixton runs its own elections, so the Town of Hixton Clerk, not a county office, keeps the voter rolls.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Hixton, 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 Hixton.
Power comes from Jackson Electric Coop
Jackson Electric Coop (Jackson Electric Coop, Inc - (WI)), a cooperative utility, serves 72.9% of Hixton residents.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Hixton Waterworks
Hixton Waterworks supplies Hixton: 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 443 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 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.
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. WI6270292.
Which providers serve Hixton
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Hixton, 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 Hixton’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Hixton.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Hixton (66%) is in Black River Falls School District; parts are in Alma Center School District (34%).
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 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Hixton spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Hixton residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Hixton | ZIP’s residents in Hixton |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54635 | Hixton, WI | 87% | 30% |
| 54611 | Alma Center, WI | 13% | 7% |
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 Hixton
Who supplies Hixton’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Hixton Waterworks (EPA ID WI6270292). 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 0.0 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Hixton?
Jackson Electric Coop (Jackson Electric Coop, Inc - (WI)), a cooperative utility.
What ZIP codes are in Hixton?
54635 (87%), 54611 (13%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Hixton in?
Black River Falls School District. Parts of the city are in Alma Center School District.
How do I register to vote in Hixton?
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 Hixton 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.