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The Hortonville handbook

Living in Hortonville, WI: what to set up and who to call

Wednesday is trash day in Hortonville; Harter's collects. Hortonville Water Utility reported one health-based violation to EPA in the last five years: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions), beginning Oct 2024.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Hortonville, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Hortonville.

Electricity

Power comes from We Energies

We Energies (Wisconsin Electric Power Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Hortonville. Its homes paid an average of 20.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $131 a month (its average across Wisconsin).

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Hortonville Water Utility

Hortonville Water Utility supplies Hortonville: about 91% of residents live in its service area. About 9% 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 3,028 people in all.

1 health-based violation reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions), beginning Oct 2024. 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people had none.

Lead, 90th percentile2.7 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jul–Dec 2025, was 2.7 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. WI4450411.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Hortonville

97% of 1,157 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber96%1,000/35
AT&TDSL, Fixed wireless9%10/1
VerizonFixed wireless51%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless35%100/20

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Hortonville is Wednesday

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Hortonville, from the town’s own site.

Trash haulerHarter'sPicks up trash in Hortonvillehortonvillewi.org
Trash dayWednesdayEvery week
Pickup calendar

This month

What goes in the recycling bin

Accepted at the curb

  • Cardboard & paperboard (food boxes)
  • Newspapers & inserts
  • Office & school paper
  • Envelopes, junk mail & catalogs
  • Books & magazines
  • Milk, juice & soup cartons
  • Shredded paper
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsCall to bookVillage offers curbside pick-up once in the Spring and once in the Fall; otherwise take bulky items to Outagamie County Landfill (fee) or call Harter's for pickup (fee)
What can be recycledThe town’s recycling pagerecyclemoreoutagamie.org →

From hortonvillewi.org, storage.googleapis.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Hortonville kids go to
PK–4Hortonville ElementaryHortonville School District
5–8Hortonville MiddleHortonville School District
9–12Hortonville HighHortonville School District

Hortonville is in Hortonville School District.

A−School gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated May 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Hortonville is in ZIP code 54944

ZIP codes where Hortonville residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of HortonvilleZIP’s residents in Hortonville
54944Hortonville, WI100%32%

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

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 Hortonville

Who supplies Hortonville’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Hortonville Water Utility (EPA ID WI4450411). It reported 1 health-based violation to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions). 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.7 ppb (Jul–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Hortonville?

We Energies (Wisconsin Electric Power Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 20.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Hortonville?

Spectrum, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Hortonville?

54944. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Hortonville in?

Hortonville School District.

How do I register to vote in Hortonville?

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 Village of Hortonville 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: Hortonville’s own website (hortonvillewi.org, storage.googleapis.com), read Oct 21, 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.