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The Kildare handbook

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

Power in Kildare comes from Oakdale Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. Kildare runs its own elections, so the Town of Kildare Clerk, not a county office, keeps the voter rolls.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Kildare, 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 Kildare.

Electricity

Power comes from Oakdale Electric Coop

Oakdale Electric Coop (Oakdale Electric Coop), a cooperative utility, serves all of Kildare. Its homes paid an average of 15.9¢ per kWh in 2025, about $120 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 Lyndon Station Waterworks

Lyndon Station Waterworks supplies Kildare: about 0% of residents live in its service area. About 100% 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 474 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.

Lead, 90th percentile1.9 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2023, was 1.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 69% 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. WI7290124.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Kildare

88% of 443 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 82% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumFiber, Cable85%1,000/1,000
FrontierDSL51%10/1
Bug TusselFixed wireless93%10/1
VerizonFixed wireless55%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless28%100/20
AT&TFixed wireless3%25/3

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Kildare’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Kildare.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Kildare kids go to
PK–2West Side Elementaryin Mauston
3–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–8Olson Middlein Mauston
9–12Mauston Highin Mauston

Kildare is in Mauston 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.

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

Kildare spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of KildareZIP’s residents in Kildare
53944Lyndon Station, WI90%26%
53948Mauston, WI10%1%
Area code608Wikidata

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 Kildare

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

Lyndon Station Waterworks (EPA ID WI7290124). 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 1.9 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Kildare?

Oakdale Electric Coop (Oakdale Electric Coop), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 15.9¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Kildare?

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

What ZIP codes are in Kildare?

53944 (90%), 53948 (10%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Kildare in?

Mauston School District.

How do I register to vote in Kildare?

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 Kildare 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 National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.