L.I. Roe House · Photo: Jeff the quiet · CC0Living in Stanley, WI: what to set up and who to call
Power in Stanley comes from Chippewa Valley Electric Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. Voting is local here: the City of Stanley Clerk registers voters and runs elections, not the county.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Stanley, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Stanley.
Power comes from Chippewa Valley Electric Coop
Chippewa Valley Electric Coop (Chippewa Valley Electric Coop), a cooperative utility, serves all of Stanley.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Stanley Waterworks
Stanley Waterworks supplies Stanley: about 95% of residents live in its service area. About 5% 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 3,500 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2023, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 67% 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. WI6090462.
5 home internet providers serve Stanley
57% of 943 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 2% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 91% | 1,000/50 |
| Brightspeed | DSL, Fixed wireless | 87% | 80/10 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 80% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 80% | 100/20 |
| Bug Tussel | Fixed wireless | 2% | 50/8 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Stanley’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Stanley.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Stanley is in Stanley-Boyd Area School District.
A−School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
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.
Stanley is in ZIP code 54768
ZIP codes where Stanley residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Stanley | ZIP’s residents in Stanley |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54768 | Stanley, WI | 100% | 60% |
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
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 Stanley
Who supplies Stanley’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Stanley Waterworks (EPA ID WI6090462). 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 2.0 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Stanley?
Chippewa Valley Electric Coop (Chippewa Valley Electric Coop), a cooperative utility.
What internet providers serve Stanley?
Spectrum, Brightspeed, Verizon, T-Mobile, Bug Tussel (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Stanley?
54768. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Stanley in?
Stanley-Boyd Area School District.
How do I register to vote in Stanley?
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 City of Stanley 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.