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The Quincy handbook

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

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

I’m new in town

What to set up in Quincy, 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 Quincy.

Electricity

Power comes from Adams-Columbia Electric Coop

Adams-Columbia Electric Coop (Adams-Columbia Electric Coop), a cooperative utility, serves all of Quincy. Its homes paid an average of 19.0¢ per kWh in 2025, about $122 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 Westwind Estates water system

The Westwind Estates water system supplies Quincy: about 4% of residents live in its service area. About 96% 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 160 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 percentile0.6 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2021, was 0.6 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 2021: EPA has no newer result for this system.

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. WI7010072.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Quincy

69% of 1,676 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 67% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
FrontierDSL65%70/3
Marquette Adams Telephone CoopFiber40%1,000/1,000
SpectrumFiber, Cable24%1,000/1,000
Bug TusselFixed wireless83%25/5
VerizonFixed wireless63%300/20
AT&TFixed wireless6%25/3

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

Trash & recycling

Trash and recycling in Quincy

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

Transfer station

Town of Quincy Transfer Site

1837 Dyke Drive

Season
MTWTFSS
8a
10a
12p
2p
4p
  • Mon10 am–noon
  • Satnoon–3 pm
  • Sunnoon–3 pm

From quincywi.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026, 2026-08-06. 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.

Quincy kids go to
PK–4Adams-Friendship Elementaryin Adams
5–8Adams-Friendship Middlein Adams
9–12Adams-Friendship Highin Adams

Quincy is in Adams-Friendship Area School District.

C−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 Apr 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Quincy spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of QuincyZIP’s residents in Quincy
53934Friendship, WI92%25%
53910Adams, WI8%3%
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 Quincy

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

The Westwind Estates water system (EPA ID WI7010072). 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 0.6 ppb (Jun–Sep 2021), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Quincy?

Adams-Columbia Electric Coop (Adams-Columbia Electric Coop), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 19.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Quincy?

Frontier, Marquette Adams Telephone Coop, Spectrum, Bug Tussel, Verizon, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Quincy?

53934 (92%), 53910 (8%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Quincy in?

Adams-Friendship Area School District.

How do I register to vote in Quincy?

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 Quincy 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: Quincy’s own website (quincywi.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.