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The Keystone handbook

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

Power in Keystone comes from Bayfield Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. Voting is local here: the Town of Keystone Clerk registers voters and runs elections, not the county.

Trash & dumpWhich school will my kid attend?How do I register to vote?ZIP codes

I’m new in town

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

PowerBayfield Electric Coopcooperative utilityMore →Internet3 providers81% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsMore →Trash & dumpFrom the town’s siteTrash and recycling rulesMore →SchoolAshland School DistrictWhich school depends on grade and addressMore →Register to voteOnlineRules from vote.govMore →ZIP codes54856, 54806Where people live, not P.O. boxesMore →
Home services

Power, water and internet

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

Electricity

Power comes from Bayfield Electric Coop

Bayfield Electric Coop (Bayfield Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Keystone.

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

Internet

3 home internet providers serve Keystone

81% of 227 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 81% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
NorvadoFiber79%1,000/1,000
Bayfield WirelessFixed wireless37%300/300
T-MobileFixed wireless36%100/20

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

Trash & recycling

Trash and recycling in Keystone

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

Drop-off

Keystone Drop-off

Permit needed
Season
MTWTFSS
8a
10a
12p
2p
4p
6p
  • Wed5 pm–8 pm
  • Sat8 am–noon

Cost: $3.00 per punch, or $30.00 for a punch card of 10 punches; 1 punch for 13 gallon bags, 2 punches for 30-39 gallon bags, 3 punches for 42-60 gallon bags

Get the permit from Town Hall(715) 730-0940

From townofkeystonewi.gov, 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.

Keystone kids go to
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–8Ashland Middlein Ashland
9–12Ashland Highin Ashland

Keystone is in Ashland School District.

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.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Town HallBudget, officials, electionsKeystone’s government in one page
Who runs elections hereTown of Keystone ClerkKeystone runs its own elections (town clerk). 64350 Washnieski RD, Mason, WI 54856 · (715) 746-2328 · [email protected]FVAP, Apr 2026
Register to voteOnlineIn 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).vote.govCheck your registration and polling placemyvote.wi.govThe state’s voter lookup

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

ZIP codes & area codes

Keystone spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of KeystoneZIP’s residents in Keystone
54856Mason, WI66%16%
54806Ashland, WI34%1%

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.

Nearest emergency roomTamarack Health Ashland Medical Center14.6 miles awayGet a library cardEvelyn Goldberg Briggs Memorial Library68235 S. Main St. · (715) 372-5451

ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Keystone

Who provides electricity in Keystone?

Bayfield Electric Coop (Bayfield Electric Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility.

What internet providers serve Keystone?

Norvado, Bayfield Wireless, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Keystone?

54856 (66%), 54806 (34%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Keystone in?

Ashland School District.

How do I register to vote in Keystone?

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 Keystone Clerk. Check your registration at myvote.wi.gov.

Sources & dates

Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.

  • Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
  • Trash: Keystone’s own website (townofkeystonewi.gov), 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.