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The Sheboygan handbook

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

Sheboygan runs its own electric utility, City of Sheboygan Falls. New voters sign up with the Town of Sheboygan Clerk, which runs Sheboygan’s elections.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Sheboygan, 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 Sheboygan.

Electricity

Power comes from City of Sheboygan Falls

City of Sheboygan Falls (City of Sheboygan Falls - (WI)), a municipal utility, serves 86.2% of Sheboygan residents.

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 Sheboygan Tn Waterworks

Sheboygan Tn Waterworks supplies Sheboygan: about 58% of residents live in its service area. Sheboygan Water Utilities serves another 23%. About 20% 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 4,596 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile2.9 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2023, was 2.9 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. WI4600403.

Internet

7 home internet providers serve Sheboygan

100% of 2,801 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 3% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber96%1,000/35
AT&TDSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber70%100/20
TDS TelecomDSL, Fiber7%8,000/8,000
Bertram CommunicationsFixed wireless98%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless60%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless59%100/20

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

Trash & recycling

Harter's Lakeside Disposal, LLC picks up trash in Sheboygan

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

Trash haulerHarter's Lakeside Disposal, LLCPicks up trash in Sheboygancms5.revize.com
Curbside recyclingEvery other week, day by addressRecycling picked up at the curbcms5.revize.com

We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check cms5.revize.com →

From cms5.revize.com, townofsheboyganwi.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 23, 2026; pages dated 2021, November 1, 2019, October 1, 2025. 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.

Sheboygan kids go to
PK–5Lincoln-Erdman ElementarySheboygan Area School District
6–83 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your address

Most of Sheboygan (90%) is in Sheboygan Area School District; parts are in Sheboygan Falls School District (9%).

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

ZIP codes & area codes

Sheboygan spans 3 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of SheboyganZIP’s residents in Sheboygan
53083Sheboygan, WI81%30%
53081Sheboygan, WI18%3%
53044Kohler, WI1%4%

53082 is P.O. box or single-organization ZIP with no homes.

Area code920Wikidata

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 Sheboygan

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

Sheboygan Tn Waterworks (EPA ID WI4600403). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.9 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Sheboygan?

City of Sheboygan Falls (City of Sheboygan Falls - (WI)), a municipal utility.

What internet providers serve Sheboygan?

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

What ZIP codes are in Sheboygan?

53083 (81%), 53081 (18%), 53044 (1%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Sheboygan in?

Sheboygan Area School District. Parts of the city are in Sheboygan Falls School District.

How do I register to vote in Sheboygan?

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 Sheboygan 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: Sheboygan’s own website (cms5.revize.com, townofsheboyganwi.gov), read Oct 23, 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.