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The Lincoln handbook

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

Lincoln runs its own elections, so the Town of Lincoln Clerk, not a county office, keeps the voter rolls. For home internet, most of Lincoln can choose between Brightspeed and Bug Tussel.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Lincoln, 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 Lincoln.

Electricity

Power comes from Wisconsin Power & Light

Wisconsin Power & Light (Wisconsin Power & Light Co), an investor-owned utility, serves 72.9% of Lincoln residents. Its homes paid an average of 18.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $128 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 Warrens Waterworks

Warrens Waterworks supplies Lincoln: 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 540 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile0.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

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. WI6420305.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Lincoln

38% of 438 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 16% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
BrightspeedDSL54%100/10
Lynxx NetworksFiber12%1,000/1,000
Bug TusselFiber, Fixed wireless60%1,000/1,000
T-MobileFixed wireless43%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless24%300/20
AT&TFixed wireless13%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 Lincoln’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Lincoln.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Lincoln or within 5 miles (as of Oct 9, 2026); map coverage varies by town.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Lincoln kids go to
PK–56 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–8Tomah Middlein Tomah
9–12Tomah Highin Tomah

Lincoln is in Tomah Area 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 Jun 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Lincoln spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of LincolnZIP’s residents in Lincoln
54666Warrens, WI92%28%
54660Tomah, WI8%0%

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 Lincoln

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

Warrens Waterworks (EPA ID WI6420305). 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 0.0 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Lincoln?

Wisconsin Power & Light (Wisconsin Power & Light Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 18.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Lincoln?

Brightspeed, Lynxx Networks, Bug Tussel, T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Lincoln?

54666 (92%), 54660 (8%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Lincoln in?

Tomah Area School District.

How do I register to vote in Lincoln?

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 Lincoln 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.